A New Zealand Visionary in the British Avant-Garde: The Life and Art of Frances Hodgkins Frances Mary Hodgkins, born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1869, emerged as a pivotal figure bridging the artistic landscapes of her native country and the burgeoning modernist movement in Britain. Her journey was one of constant evolution, marked by a relentless pursuit of visual expression that ultimately positioned her as one of the most significant – yet often overlooked – artists of the early twentieth century. Growing up within an artistically inclined family—her father, William Mathew Hodgkins, was b…