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Europeans began producing art in New Zealand as soon as they arrived, with many exploration ships including an artist to record newly discovered places, people, flora and fauna. The first European work of art made in New Zealand was a drawing by Isaac Gilsemans, the artist on Abel Tasman's expedition of 1642. [16] [17]
In 1941 Sutton was found unfit for overseas service in World War II and served as a conscript in the Home Force of the New Zealand Army who used his art skills for camouflaging activities. [5] A year later his name was put forward for the role of New Zealand’s war artist but the role was filled by Russell Clark.
William Mathew Hodgkins (23 September 1833 – 9 February 1898) was a 19th-century New Zealand painter. [1] He was a leading advocate of art in Dunedin and founded New Zealand's first art gallery in the city. He was a considerable water colour painter in his own right. According to his daughter Frances Hodgkins, he was the 'father of art in New ...
Henrietta Catherine Angus (12 March 1908 – 25 January 1970), known as Rita Cook early in her career, was a New Zealand painter who, alongside Colin McCahon and Toss Woollaston, is regarded as one of the leading figures in twentieth-century New Zealand art.
The radical and iconic nature of this painting prompted the poet and art-writer David Eggleton to exclaim that it "charges out of the late 1960s like a rogue elephant," a phrase that nicely captures Scott's propensity for brazenly disrupting the norms and conventions of New Zealand art.
Smither set the record for the most expensive painting sold that was painted by a living New Zealand artist when his 1967 painting entitled Sea Wall and Kingfisher sold for $342,000 in October 2019. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] This was eclipsed in December 2022, when his painting entitled Two Rock Pools sold under the hammer for $516,000.
Peter Tomory, when director of the Auckland City Art Gallery, called it ‘the first modern portrait in New Zealand.’ [31] Woollaston's interest in portraits continued throughout his painting career and, as noted by curator and writer Jill Trevelyan, after seeing major works by Goya in the Museo del Prado in Madrid in 1963, he introduced more ...
Doris More Lusk (5 May 1916 – 14 April 1990) was a New Zealand painter, potter, art teacher, and university lecturer. As a potter, she was known under her married name Doris Holland . In 1990 she was posthumously awarded the Governor General Art Award in recognition of her artistic career and contributions.