Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The moa hunters
Primary Maker
Date
1940s
Signature/marks
Physical Description
480 mm. x 565 mm. (sight)
500 mm. x 590 mm. (frame)
Level of Current Record
Single Item
Related Object Notes
PA34
PC47
Media/Materials Description
Oil on wood
Subject Category
Public Access Text
Exhibited in the 1947 Annual Exhibition of the Auckland Society of Arts. Asking price 35 guineas.
Subject Notes
Born County Down, Ireland, 1895. Arrived in New Zealand 1897. Studied at Wellington Technical College under Linley Richardson. Has exhibited in London and one of his paintings hangs in London in New Zealand House. Represented in the Auckland Art Gallery, also in Switzerland. Awarded the Bledisloe Medal for Landscape, 1944. Has done much mural painting in various parts of New Zealand. Now Lecturer in Design at the Elam School of Art and Instructor for Drawing at the Auckland University College School of Architecture. Is at present the President of the Auckland Society of Arts. From Auckland Society of Arts 90th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition 1869-1959.
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Last Update
06 Dec 2022
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