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The model for the painting was Sutton’s teaching colleague Tom Taylor. [18] Homage to Frances Hodgkins 1951. [19] When the Christchurch City Council declined to purchase Frances Hodgkins’ Pleasure Garden, [20] Sutton responded with a painting based on Homage to Cezanne (1900) by the French painter Maurice Denis.
Hayes was born in Bristol, England, but brought up in Dublin, Ireland, where his father was a hotelier. He studied art at the Dublin Society Art School and first exhibited his work at the RHA (Royal Hibernian Academy) in 1842. He remained in Dublin for ten years before moving to London.
1964 also saw the formation of 20/20 Vision, a loose grouping of Canterbury artists set up by artist John Coley and art school lecturer Tom Taylor.The group intended to liven up the art scene through exhibitions, demonstrations and talks around current exhibitions on show in the city [11] alongside general hilarity such as the founding in 1966 of the 20/20 Vision Decimal Milk Token Advisory ...
Brenan was offered the position of headmaster of the Dublin Metropolitan School of Arts, which he promptly took up in 1889. The DMSA was the hub of the fine arts in Ireland at the time, and was the birthplace of many crucial figures in Irish art, and still is to this day under the name "National College of Art and Design".
During her time at Ilam she was tutored by Don Peebles and Bill Sutton and graduated in 1973 with a Diploma in Fine Art (Honours) majoring in painting. [4] Whilst at the University of Canterbury Te Waru Rewiri, alongside Eruera Nia and Tame Iti became involved in Ngā Tamatoa (Tuatoru) Christchurch chapter. [5]
At the beginning of 1981 the director of the Robert McDougal Art Gallery in Christchurch Rodney Wilson left the gallery and the job was passed on to John Coley. Wilson, as a challenge to the incoming director noted that ‘Christchurch deserves a bigger and better gallery than it has - it deserves the sort of programme that would result from the provision of more gallery space and spaces ...
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The Group was an informal but influential art association formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1927. Initially begun by ex-students from Canterbury College of Art, its aim was to provide a freer, more experimental alternative to the academic salon painting exhibitions of the Canterbury Society of Arts.