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[[File:Edith Munnings.jpg|thumb|Self portrait]]
'''Edith Emma Munnings''' (5 May 1867 – 24 April 1939), later known as '''Edith Strutton''', was a New Zealand artist and a missionary in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://findnzartists.org.nz/artist/14410/|title=Strutton, Edith|last=2016|first=Encode Ltd, 2005 -|website=findnzartists.org.nz|accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ronsartblog.com/2016/01/06/edith-e-strutton/|title=Edith E. Strutton|last=ronald972|date=2016-01-06|website=ronsartblog|accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref>

==Life==
Munnings was one of 11 children of Joseph and Emma Munnings, pioneer settlers in [[Addington, New Zealand|Addington]], Christchurch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Edith-Strutton/6000000021953755556|title=Edith Emma Strutton|website=geni_family_tree|accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref> One of her brothers, also named Joseph, became a school architect in New South Wales and also worked in India.<ref>{{Cite book | title=Architect of Empire: Joseph Fearis Munnings 1879–1937 (Masters' thesis) | last=Roberts | first=Heulwen | publisher=University of Canterbury|year=2013 | location=Christchurch | pages=}}</ref> The president of the [[Royal Academy of Art]], Sir [[Alfred Munnings]], was her cousin.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92810118 | title=Hope for the future | date=15 February 1945 | work=The Chronicle | accessdate=2 May 2016 | page=35}}</ref>

Munnings was one of the first-day pupils of the [[Canterbury College School of Art]] when it opened on 1 March 1882. In 1887, she was enrolled in evening classes at the school, and achieved an "excellence" in her end-of-year examination.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS18871228.2.13|title=Canterbury School Of Art|date=28 December 1887 |newspaper=The Star|pages=2|accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref> In 1892, she joined the newly formed Palette Club, a group of artists who met weekly to study nature and offer each other help and constructive criticism. Her paintings were included in the club's exhibitions. In 1893, Munnings was appointed to the staff of the School of Art.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Concise History of Art in Canterbury 1850–2000 | last= | first= | publisher=Robert McDougall Art Gallery | year=2000 | isbn=0 908874 91 X|location=Christchurch |pages=34}}</ref> One of her more notable students was [[Annie Elizabeth Kelly]], who had a successful international career and received a [[CBE]] in 1938.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A. Elizabeth Kelly|last=|first=|publisher=Robert McDougall Art Gallery|year=1996|isbn=0-908874-29-4|location=Christchurch, New Zealand|pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{DNZB | title=Kelly, Annie Elizabeth | first=Neil | last=Roberts | id=3k5 | accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Fisherman’s Hut, Redcliffs by Edith Munnings.jpg|thumb|Fisherman’s Hut, Redcliffs by Munnings]]
In 1900, Munnings married Rev. Harry Strutton and together they joined an Australia Church of Christ mission in [[Baramati]], India. In 1917 the couple took over responsibility for the Criminal Tribes Settlement at [[Solapur]], and some years later they moved to [[Lonavla]], where Munnings died in 1939.<ref name=":0" /> Munnings continued to paint while in India, predominantly landscapes with figures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Edith-E--Strutton/41560C511EF10C10|title=Edith E. Strutton|website=www.mutualart.com|access-date=2 May 2016}}</ref>

In 2007, her painting ''Fisherman's Hut, Redcliffs'' was included in the [[Christchurch Art Gallery]]'s exhibition "I See Red."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/70-02|title=Fisherman’s Hut, Redcliffs Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu|website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz|access-date=2 May 2016}}</ref>

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