Cecil Kelly
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1878, d.1954
The Dome, Southern Alps, 1925
- 1925
- Oil on canvas
- Presented by the Canterbury Society of Arts, 1932
- 631 x 764mm
- 69/89
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Location: Sir Robertson and Lady Stewart Gallery
Tags: landscapes (representations), mountains, shadows, snow (precipitation), sunlight
Rising to 1,938 metres, one of the higher summits of the Polar Range near Arthur’s Pass, the Dome remains a popular challenge for serious climbers. Cecil Kelly painted this view near the spot where, in 1936, Rita Angus would later paint Cass, shifting the perspective anti-clockwise. Exhibited at the Canterbury Society of Arts in 1925, it was praised for its “colour, brilliance, strength […] in keeping with the calm dignity of the mountain.”
(He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil, 2025)
Exhibition History
