Eileen Mayo

Eileen Mayo - Tea Towels

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A high-quality reproductions of an original wood-engravings by artist Eileen Mayo - printed in black on tea towel fabric

We have two different artworks to choose from: The Doves or New Year.

Author: Eileen Mayo

Eileen Mayo The Doves 1948. Wood engraving. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1972

Eileen Mayo New Year 1949. Wood engraving. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1972

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Eileen Mayo: Nature, Art and Poetry

By Peter Vangioni with Jillian Cassidy

Calling on the natural world around her for inspiration, Eileen Mayo’s extraordinary skill with line, colour and composition made her one of Britain’s foremost print artists in 1930s London, where she exhibited alongside the likes of Claude Flight, Sybil Andrews and Cyril Power.

Mayo left it all behind when, in 1953, she abandoned London for Sydney then Christchurch, each move generating a new body of work.

This is the first substantial publication on Mayo, publishing for the first time many of her exquisite neo-romantic wood engravings, prints, designs and book illustrations that continue to enthral and delight audiences.

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A Garden Enclosed by Eileen Mayo

Guides Co-ordinator Rebecca Ogle discusses A Garden Enclosed by Eileen Mayo

print

What goes into a painting?

This booklet for teachers was produced by the Robert McDougall Art Gallery in 1987.

Collection

Eileen Mayo Mother and Son

Eileen Mayo has a special place in Christchurch’s art history, not only because of her extraordinary prints and illustrious career but also her tangible connections with this city. Mayo settled here in Christchurch in 1967, having established a career as a printmaker and designer in Britain and Australia. Her British contemporaries included Mabel Annesley and Clare Leighton, both of whom are included in this exhibition, and several works by these artists came into the Gallery's collection as part of a gift of British modernist prints by Redfern Gallery director Rex Nan Kivell.

Mayo adored cats. They were a constant source of companionship throughout her life and were regularly used as subjects in her art.

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