Robin White, 'Morris Commercial, Hokianga' - Print Books

Robin White, 'Morris Commercial, Hokianga' - Print BooksRobin Whites hard edged paintings of rural New Zealand and its people are comparable with Don Binneys and Michael Smithers work, acknowledging their origins in the Regionalist movement paintings of the mid 20th century and the influence of artists such as Rita Angus. White graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts (University of Auckland, New Zealand) in 1968 and quickly established a reputation with paintings of well known culture heroes such as

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Karate-kicking kokako and other noisy native friends join in the rowdy fun

Angus's landscapes communicated a range of values and meanings to a contemporary audience in New Zealand

the brothers no longer eat

This richly illustrated book brings together the objects made by protesters to proclaim and symbolise their causes and their struggles

Named after their beautiful song

He was highly connected to modernism and nationalism as it was expressed in the New Zealand art and literature of the period

Edited by Foss Leach and Helen Leach

Anne Kirker (1993) commented that ‘Frances Hodgkins’ most impressive quality was this ability to recharge her artistic vocabulary

making her one of New Zealand’s most prestigious and influential painters

Bensemann made at least six drawings and paintings of Angus

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