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Sydney Lough Thompson Goon Gutter, Staithes [Gun Gutter] 1911. Oil on canvas board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased with assistance from the Olive Stirrat bequest, 1991
Talk
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
Free
In the 1900s many New Zealand artists travelled to Europe. Janet Abbott examines why was this so important, what they did there and what happened when they returned.
This illustrated talk will look at artists including Sydney Thompson, Frances Hodgkins, Margaret Stoddart, Charles Goldie, and Cecil and Elizabeth Kelly. It will consider what cultural cringe was and how this shaped the careers of the first generation of New Zealand born artists.