John Kinder Collection

Date1850 to 1859Reference NumberArt 21-003 to 21-006DescriptionJohn Kinder was born on 17 September 1819 at London, England, the oldest surviving child of Thomas Kinder, a wealthy merchant, and his second wife, Fanny Pickworth. John's interest in art began early when he took walks near Southampton in the mid 1830s to look at Gothic architecture. At Southampton he also met Aaron Penley, a noted watercolourist and teacher, who taught him the principles of watercolour painting and related disciplines such as perspective. In 1838 his father took him on a trip to Belgium, where he was impressed by the medieval cathedrals and the paintings he saw in churches and galleries. John was not alone in his artistic interests as two of his sisters, Charlotte and Sarah, also painted.

In 1838 he began his studies at the University of Cambridge. He studied mathematics, but his real interest lay in Classics and theology. In 1842 he graduated a wrangler in the first class of the mathematical tripos. Instead of studying law as his father wished, Kinder was able, thanks to a scholarship, to attend Trinity College to further his studies. He joined the Cambridge Camden Society which had been formed to study church architecture and advise on the restoration and building of churches. This enabled him to develop his interests in architecture, antiquarianism and sketching.

In 1857 Kinder moved with his mother and sister into the headmaster's house at 2 Ayr Street, Parnell, now known as Kinder House. Over the road was the new Church of England Grammar School where Kinder was to teach for some 15 years. On 15 December 1859, at Te Papa, Tauranga, Kinder married Marianne Celia Brown (known as Celia), the daughter of Charlotte and Archdeacon Alfred Nesbit Brown. They were to have no children of their own; but after the tragic murder of John's younger brother, Henry, in Australia in 1865, they adopted his two children, Frances Nester (Nessie) and Harry.
John Kinder died at his home in Remuera on 5 September 1903, and was buried in the graveyard at St John's College. He was survived by his wife, Celia Kinder, who died in 1928.

This collection contains four original framed drawings.CreatorKinder, John, 1819-1903SourcesBiography of John Kinder Last edited by: Matanga Taonga Tuku Iho Maori

Last edited by: Matanga Taonga Tuku Iho Maori

Rev. John Kinder MA 1853. Master of Alleynes Grammar School, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire,Unknown, photographer,PH-ALB-89-p2-2, Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

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