Raymond McIntyre
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1879, d.1933
Street in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
- c. 1913
- Oil on panel
- Purchased with assistance from the Barbara Anne Ford bequest, 2025
- 493 x 445mm
- 2025/158
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Location: Ravenscar Gallery
Tags: buildings (structures), people (agents), streets, urban landscapes, windows
Like many Aotearoa New Zealand creatives of their generation, Owen Merton and Raymond McIntyre both pursued their dreams of living and working abroad. By 1910 the two Ōtautahi Christchurch born artists were working in London and would often catch up. Both took the opportunity to study, visit art galleries and develop their own art in line with modern developments in British and European art. Although McIntyre did occasionally venture to France on painting excursions, including to the picturesque village Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, he was largely content to paint London’s Chelsea neighbourhood where he lived. Merton, on the other hand, was much more outgoing and enjoyed numerous painting excursions throughout the United Kingdom and further afield to France, Spain, Italy, Algeria and Bermuda.
(Timeless: Treasures from the Historical Collection 19 September 2026 – 30 May 2027)
Exhibition History
Raymond McIntyre: A Modernist View, 25 October 2025 – 8 March 2026
Unlike many of his expatriate contemporaries – including Frances Hodgkins, Owen Merton and Sydney Lough Thompson – who visited France regularly, Raymond McIntyre was content with sourcing much of his subject matter in the London suburb of Chelsea where he lived. He did visit Britanny, France, in 1912, and it is thought on the same trip spent time at the seaside village of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. With its quaint streets, ancient buildings and pleasant location overlooking the Somme estuary, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme was a popular spot for artists, including McIntyre’s contemporary Frances Hodgkins who was also based there in 1912.
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Raymond McIntyre
It’s been too long a time between exhibitions for expatriate Waitaha Canterbury artist Raymond McIntyre (1879–1933) here at the Gallery. Although his work is regularly included in group exhibitions, the last focused survey was forty years ago when Raymond McIntyre toured to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery. Maybe a few of our readers remember this exhibition, but it feels like time he was introduced to a new audience.