James Brittenden
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1914, d.1977
The Kilns, Cashmere
- c. 1938
- Oil on board
- Purchased with assistance from the Thursday Art Group, 2020
- 370 x 460mm
- 2020/031
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Tags: brickworks (factories), buildings (structures), chimneys (architectural elements), green (color), landscapes (representations), trees, urban landscapes
Beyond the outskirts of early Ōtautahi Christchurch, James Brittenden’s The Kilns, Cashmere captures a curving Centaurus Road and the landmark Murphy Brothers brickworks at right. Brittenden studied at the Canterbury College School of Art in the 1930s while also working part-time as a commercial artist. He is said to have shared a studio in Kilmore Street with Sydney Lough Thompson, whose influence is perhaps visible in this work.
(From Here on the Ground, 18 May – 17 November 2024)
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