Haurongo: Thompson, Pauline Adele

Ki mua

First show

Whai muri

A teenage Pauline Thompson, in a school uniform with SMTC monogrammed on the blazer, stands beside a large painting depicting a group of people in front of some buildings.

Auckland artist Pauline Thompson held her first show in 1959, at the John Court Ltd department store in Auckland. She was just 16, and a student at Seddon Memorial Technical College.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

New Zealand Herald

Reference: H_11111959NZHTHOMSPONAA

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Emma-Jean Kelly. 'Thompson, Pauline Adele', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2023. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47815/first-show (accessed 4 June 2026).