Paris-born Dame
Louise Henderson DBE (1902-94) was a distinguished New Zealand artist, and the only child of Daniel Sauze, secretary to famed French sculptor Auguste Rodin. She married New Zealander Hubert Henderson in 1923 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1925, earning a diploma from the Canterbury School of Art in 1931. After living in Wellington and then Auckland, Henderson was able to spend a year back in Paris in 1952 to work on her painting, and was welcomed back to New Zealand with an exhibition of her cubist works at the Auckland Art Gallery. With growing fame and recognition in the New Zealand art world, she continued working until near the end of her life. She is buried in Wellington's Karori Cemetery in the plot where her husband was buried upon his death in 1963.
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| Detail from Dame Louise Henderson's grave, Karori Cemetery |
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| Henderson's grave |
Louise Henderson, 'Arthur's Pass', c.1940
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| Louise Henderson, 'Wellington', c.1947 |
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