Louise Henderson (1902–1994) was a French-born New Zealand painter and modernist celebrated for her cubist-inspired landscapes and cityscapes. Born in Boulogne-sur-Seine, Paris, she was the only child of Daniel Paul Louis Sauze, secretary to sculptor Auguste Rodin, and grew up immersed in the artistic milieu of La Belle Époque. Henderson received extensive training in Paris, studying at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and worked as a designer and writer in embroidery and interior decoration before emigrating to New Zealand in 1925. There, she continued her art studies and teaching, eventually developing a distinctive modernist style influenced by European avant-garde movements. Throughout her career, Henderson exhibited widely in New Zealand and abroad, contributed to tapestry and stained-glass design, and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 for her significant impact on New Zealand art.