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The following is a list of New Zealand artists. ... Susan Te Kahurangi King (born 1951) – pencil/ink; Rangi Kipa (born 1966) – sculptor and carver;
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]
She has methodically created an entire analogous world through drawings using pen, graphite, coloured pencil, crayon and ink. [5] In the middle-to-late 1970s, King produced intricate, hypnotic dreamscapes that powerfully blend animals, humans and inanimate objects into networked tapestries.
Sketches can be made in any drawing medium. The term is most often applied to graphic work executed in a dry medium such as silverpoint, graphite, pencil, charcoal or pastel. It may also apply to drawings executed in pen and ink, digital input such as a digital pen, ballpoint pen, marker pen, water colour and oil paint.
The Takiroa Historic Area features several Māori drawings made from ochre, bird fat, and charcoal. [2] [3] The subject matter present in the shelter is variable. Some drawings have been interpreted as people and animals, such as birds. [4] Depictions of European settlers are also apparent, which feature the likes of horses and ships. [4]
To encourage and promote emerging New Zealand artists and sculptors. It was Olivia's specific objective to assist artists and sculptors with talent so they could devote their energies, on a full-time basis for a twelve-month period, to painting and sculpture freed from the necessity to seek outside employment.
New Zealand design is a product both of indigenous Māori culture and of European (Pākehā) traditions and practices. The concept of design applies [ citation needed ] to Māori kaupapa (fundamental principles) as well as to other cultural spheres.
Gilsemans is most noted for joining the explorer Abel Tasman on his expedition in 1642-43 during which Tasmania, New Zealand and several Pacific Islands became known to Europeans. Gilsemans produced a number of drawings that documented island and native life. His depictions of the Māori people were the first for Europeans. [1] [3]