Exhibitions
Events
On display
Sheep Sale by Juliet Peter
Juliet Peter Sheep Sale 1944 Watercolour. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2019
Art Bite
Past event
Meet in the exhibition
Join volunteer guide Judith Hoult as she discusses Juliet Peter's Sheep Sale in Leaving for Work 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)
Related reading: Free event
Exhibition
Leaving for Work
2 October 2021 – 2 October 2022
Exploring the exceptional art of everyday working life.
Collection
Juliet Peter Sheep Sale
Juliet Peter was born into a farming family in mid Waitaha Canterbury and spent her childhood at Anama station near Te Kiekie Mount Somers. She completed her studies at Canterbury College School of Art in 1939, and then in 1942 she began work as a ‘land girl’, replacing male farmworkers serving overseas. While employed at Rydal Downs in Ōkūkū, she and her co-workers took up tractor driving, ploughing, harvesting, mustering, shearing and wool sorting. Her years on the farm returned her to early and happy memories of rural life, and she documented her time at Rydal Downs through a series of paintings and sketches, such as this lively saleyard scene.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil (from August 2024)
