Petrus van der Velden
Netherlands / Aotearoa New Zealand / Australia, b.1837, d.1913
Mountain Stream, Otira Gorge
- c. 1891
- Pencil
- Presented by the family of A. F. Nicoll, 1960
- 240 x 340mm
- 89/62
Tags: gorges (landforms), grids (layout features), landscapes (representations), monochrome, mountains, natural landscapes, numbers, rivers, sketches, studies (visual works)
Quadrant: Four themes of Petrus van der Velden, 20 October 2006 – 25 March 2007
This squared-up tracing drawing of the Otira Gorge provided important steps for Van der Velden to complete his large oil paintings of the same subject. Often, he would take these tracings from original sketches and square them up in preparation for transferring the image to a large canvas. This allowed him to keep the correct scale and proportions in the finished work.
This tracing drawing relates to the large oil painting of the same name.
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