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    Owen Merton

    Aotearoa New Zealand / England / United States, b.1887, d.1931

    Convent in the snow, Murat, 1926

    • 1926
    • Watercolour
    • Presented by the citizens of Christchurch, 1941
    • 330 x 342mm
    • 69/17
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    Tags: Christianity, convents (built complexes), mountains, negative space, plein-air, religious buildings, snow (precipitation), towers (building divisions), trees, urban landscapes, winter

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    Exhibition History

    Owen Merton St Ives, Barnoon Hill 1910. Watercolour. Collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Gift of James Jamieson Family, 1932
    Owen Merton: Expatriate Painter
    Image: uploads/2022_07/69_17.jpg
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