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Buried treasure
Behind the scenes
I spent a couple of days sorting through the entries for our writing competition, Ringmaster: Stories from Christchurch Art Gallery.
I've been matching the short stories and poems with the art work the writer used as inspiration. The people who entered must have spent hours looking through the online collection. There were some real hidden gems found.
All of these works were new to me and probably to you as they have never been out on public display before.
Marcel Genay Arbres a Dancharia. Lithograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetū
Francisco Pradilla After The Dance 1873. Watercolour on paper. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, presented by the family of James Jamieson
Juliet Peter Facades, W.9. Lithograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Ivan McLellan A horseman this way cometh 1988. Photograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gifted to the Gallery by Ivan P.W. McLellan, Hon FNZPPA, 2003. Reproduced courtesy of Ivan McLellan Hon FNZPPA
Robert Gibbings Kiwi And Worm (Untitled). Mezzotint. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gifted by Mrs Rosalie Archer. Reproduced courtesy of Reading University Library
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Juliet Peter Facades, W.9.
Juliet Peter and Roy Cowan travelled to London in 1951 where they studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and Hammersmith School of Arts and Crafts. They became enamoured with lithography and ceramics. Juliet began working in earnest with lithography and sent several prints back to Ōtautahi Christchurch for inclusion in the 1954 Group Show. As was the case for many painters, lithography appealed to Juliet because of its close association with painting. Having enjoyed working with lithography so much, the couple acquired a lithographic press which they shipped back to Aotearoa on their return in 1955. They settled in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, and by 1960 were working as full-time artists. Juliet continued to work with lithography throughout the remainder of her career, producing a substantial body of prints.
Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era, 11 February – 28 May 2023
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Robert Gibbings Untitled (Kiwi and Worm)
An illustration (page 172) from 'Over the reefs' by Robert Gibbings, published by Dent, 1948.