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Falling Through the Cracks, or, A New Zealand Success Abroad
Eleanor Hughes Trees On A Hedge. Watercolour. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, acquired 1978
Talk
Past event
Foyer
Free
Curator Ken Hall presents an illustrated talk on Eleanor Hughes’ expatriate life in Cornwall and France.
Eleanor Hughes (née Waymouth) was a Christchurch-born artist who gained success in Aotearoa before leaving in about 1905 for England, where she settled in Cornwall and developed her practice as a painter and printmaker. Hughes is well represented in the Gallery's collection, with ink drawings, watercolours, pencil drawings and etchings. She was hailed as a success as a New Zealand artist abroad up to the 1930s, mentioned at times in the same breath as Frances Hodgkins. Hughes' reputation in this country, however, has not endured in the same way as Hodgkins'. This illustrated talk will look at her life and career and examine why her legacy didn't prevail.
Eleanor Hughes' work can currently be viewed in the exhibitions Die Cuts and Derivations and Ink on Paper
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Exhibition
Die Cuts and Derivations
11 March – 2 July 2023
An expansive installation by Peter Robinson sparks a collection-based look at how artists investigate and respond to space, through line, materials and improvisation.
Exhibition
Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era
11 February – 28 May 2023
An exquisite selection of etchings, lithographs, wood-engravings and linocuts made during one of the most dynamic periods in Aotearoa’s art history.