Bernard Aris
Date of birth / Date established
1887
Date of death / Date closed
1977
Place of birth / Place established
Place of death / Place closed
Person/Corporate type
Individual
Biography
Born at Wallington, Surrey in 1887, Bernard Aris came to New Zealand from England in 1922 after serving in the British Merchant Navy during the First World War. He lived in New Plymouth and was a prolific painter, making over 600 sketches and watercolours of Mt. Egmont. In 1972 Aris was granted the Freedom of the City of New Plymouth. He died in 1977.
