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Addington Workshops by Louise Henderson
Louise Henderson Addington Workshops c.1940 Oil on board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery, Dame Louise Henderson Collection, presented by the McKegg Family, 1999
Art Bite
Past event
Meet in the exhibition
Join volunteer guide Gail Anderson as she discusses Louise Henderson's Addington Workshops in From Here on the Ground on the first floor.
Art Bites are 30-minute lunchtime presentations on a single work on display, presented by our staff, guides and guest speakers.
There's a new Art Bite to enjoy each Friday at 12 noon (except during public and school holidays).
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Exhibition
From Here on the Ground
18 May – 17 November 2024
Populated places and cityscapes converge with backyards, factories and remote railway stops in this fascinating survey of twentieth-century Aotearoa New Zealand artists exploring urban, suburban and industrial landscapes.
Collection
Louise Henderson Addington Workshops
Louise Henderson was a Paris-born interior and embroidery designer who moved to Ōtautahi Christchurch in 1925. In her earliest paintings, from 1933 on, she was regularly drawn to urban and industrial subject matter such as city streets, brickworks and rock quarries. She became a key figure in local art circles, including as part of The Group, and influential in the development of a Canterbury landscape painting style. The Addington Railway Workshops opened in Christchurch in 1879 and closed in 1990, at its height employing over a thousand people. In its depiction of workers assembling locally produced locomotives, Henderson’s fascinating composition reflects something of her left-leaning political interests through the 1930s and 1940s.
(From Here on the Ground, 18 May – 17 November 2024)