Girolamo Pieri Pecci Ballati Nerli was an Italian-born painter who worked in Australia and New Zealand in the late 19th century, influencing the art scenes of both countries. In Australia, he is noted
Girolamo Pieri Pecci Ballati Nerli by F. Hodgkins
Street scene on a rainy night, c. 1889
Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1892
A study (Head of a girl), c. 1895, Auckland Art Gallery
Frances Mary Hodgkins was a New Zealand painter chiefly of landscape, and for a short period was a designer of textiles. Born in Dunedin, she was educated at Dunedin School of Art, then became an art
G. P. Nerli
…both countries. In Australia, he is noted for influencing Charles Conder of the Heidelberg School movement, and in New Zealand, as an early teacher of Frances Hodgkins. His portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery is usually considered the most searching portrayal of the writer…
Frances Hodgkins with her brother-in-law, William Field
Pleasure Garden, 1932 watercolour
Still life eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms