Leo Bensemann

Leo Bensemann was born in 1912. He was a member of the Canterbury School of painters, and of ”The Group“, that broke away from the Canterbury Society of Arts.

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Bensemann was noted for his landscapes, lino and woodcuts, and etchings. He worked as a compositor for the Caxton Press.

Bensemann died in 1986.

Sources

• Archives New Zealand Documentation, Series 898, National Collection of War Art