Juliet Peter Morepork and Pungas c.1963–65. Lithograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2010
Juliet Peter Facades, W.9. 1954. Lithograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1989
This exhibition is now closed
Delightful observations of character and place, from rural Canterbury to bustling 1950s London.
New Zealand painter, printmaker and potter Juliet Peter (1915–2010) was a keen observer of character and place. From the rural Canterbury farms on which she grew up and later worked as a wartime land-girl to bustling 1950s London, and later the bush-clad, bird-filled suburb of Ngaio, Wellington where she lived and worked for much of her life, she depicted the world around her with delightful candour and economy. Peter honed her distinctive style during her years as a staff artist for the Education Department, and some her most memorable Listener and School Journal illustrations are included in the exhibition.
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Date:
1 September 2018 – 20 January 2019 -
Curator:
Felicity Milburn -
Exhibition number:
1061
Collection works in this exhibition
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My Favourite
Juliet Peter's Harvesting, Rydal Downs
I grew up in a house in Glandovey Road, Fendalton—twenty-two bedrooms! Back then, my options were to be a nurse or a school teacher, but all my life, I’d wanted to be a farmer. My father encouraged that practical side of me. He was a keen fly fisherman and called me “sonny”. I had my hair cut at the barbers; I wore long pants in winter—I thought I was a boy.
Commentary
Her Own London
I laughed at your note. Our packing was not done until the last minute of the 11th hour, and when we at last got onto the train we could only think how lovely it was to do nothing and think about nothing. However, by now we realise we are really going to England. After 17 days at sea, out of sight of land, N.Z. seems as if it was in another universe.
Notes
New Lead Curator Announced
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū is delighted to announce the appointment of our new lead curator, Felicity Milburn.