Herbert Horridge
Aotearoa New Zealand / British, b.1892, d.1947
Early Morning, Jacksons
- 1929
- Oil on canvas board
- Presented by the Canterbury Society of Arts, 1932
- 463 x 560mm
- 69/165
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Location: Sir Robertson and Lady Stewart Gallery
Tags: landscapes (representations), mountains, natural landscapes, rivers, trees
A new day starts with sunrise on the eastern faces of the Hohonu Range above the Taramakau River, which winds its way west to Te Tai-o-Rehua Tasman Sea. Moving to Aotearoa New Zealand represented a new beginning for Lancashire-born commercial artist Herbert Horridge, who emigrated in 1920 following a particularly traumatic World War I experience that included losing a leg to a landmine in France. Painted at the rail stop settlement of Jacksons, this work invites the thought that he found renewal in the raw, untamed Te Tai Poutini West Coast landscape.
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Exhibition History
Herbert Horridge was born in Bolton, England in 1892. He served in Turkey, Malta and France in World War I and was badly wounded. He studied in Manchester, Liverpool and, on coming to New Zealand in 1920, at Canterbury College School of Art in Christchurch. He later joined the staff of the School as an instructor, where he met his wife. Amongst his students was W A Sutton (1917-2000). He was a talented musician and linguist. This painting was selected for the 1940 New Zealand centennial exhibition. Horridge died in Christchurch in 1947.