A Life of Vibrant Color: The Legacy of Alice Haszard The story of Alice Gwendoline Rhona Haszard is one of profound brilliance interrupted by tragedy, a brief but luminous meteor in the constellation of early twentieth-century New Zealand art. Born in Thames in 1901, Haszard possessed an innate sensitivity to light and form that would eventually lead her from the rugged landscapes of her homeland to the avant-garde studios of Paris. T…