Vivian Lynn (1931–2018)
t the small private memorial held at the Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi in Wellington for Vivian Lynn, who passed away after a long illness on 1 December 2018, an old friend spoke about first meeting her and Jürgen Waibel, her partner of nearly 50 years. This would have been in Wellington in the 1970s even before the pair moved into the turreted villa that is still their home in Newtown. Answering their advertisement for a lodger, the then young man found himself living with two artists, she with her waist-length hair and flowing bohemian dresses, he a young and handsome German. He described how fascinating they were, with their talk about art and their outlook on the world. He
