John Moore
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1897, d.1965
The Lion, Milford Sound
- c. 1945
- Colour woodcut
- Purchased 2020
- 475 x 660 x 25mm
- 2020/035
- View on google maps
Tags: fiords, landscapes (representations), mountains, natural landscapes, snow (precipitation)
John Moore was a prolific printmaker known for his simple black and white woodcuts of Aotearoa’s native flora and fauna. He is one of the few printmakers to produce more ambitious and larger scale colour woodblocks of the New Zealand landscape, often done in the manner of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints, such as The Lion, Milford Sound.
Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era, 11 February – 28 May 2023