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The following is a list of New Zealand artists. A. Airini A'Court (born 1953) – painter; Brett a'Court (born 1968) – painter; Zena Abbott (1922 ...
Harry Rountree was born in 1878 to Irish banker, Stephen Gilbert Rountree and Julia Bartley, the niece of New Zealand architect Edward Bartley. [5]Rountree was educated at Auckland's Queen's College, [citation needed] and began working at Wilson and Horton Printers in the city, designing show-cards, advertisements, and product labels.
The first European work of art made in New Zealand was a drawing by Isaac Gilsemans, the artist on Abel Tasman's expedition of 1642. [16] [17] Portrait of a New Zealand man, Sydney Parkinson, 1784, probably from a sketch made in 1769.
Vasanti Unka is a New Zealand writer, illustrator and graphic designer who has been involved in the book and magazine industry for many years. A number of her books have been shortlisted for awards and she won Best Picture Book and Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards with The Boring Book.
Ileodictyon cibarium is a saprotrophic species of fungus in the family Phallaceae.It is native to Australia and New Zealand, where it is commonly known as the basket fungus or the white basket fungus, alluding to its fruit bodies, shaped like a round or oval ball with interlaced or latticed branches, resembling polyhedra similar to closed fullerenes. [1]
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Awards, celebrate artists’ early achievements through an investment in each recipient’s career. Biennially, five artists are awarded $25,000NZD each, and a sculpture designed by glass artist Christine Cathie. Although still at an early stage of their career, the artists will have already ...
Matilda Smith (30 July 1854 – 29 December 1926) was a botanical artist whose work appeared in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for over forty years. [1] She became the first artist to depict New Zealand's flora in depth, the first official artist of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and the second woman to become an associate of the Linnaean Society. [2]
Whero O Te Rangi Bailey (1935—2016), weaver and textile artist; Gertrude Ball (1879–1971), wood engraver and painter; Ria Bancroft (1907–1993), sculptor; Nola Barron (born 1931), potter