William Sutton Anghiari, From The Arezzo-Sansepolcro Road, 29 July 1974 1973–4. Watercolour. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gift of the artist, 1989
William Sutton Anghiari, From The Arezzo-Sansepolcro Road, 29 July 1974 1973–4. Watercolour. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gift of the artist, 1989
Installation View: W.A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy 2010
Installation View: W.A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy 2010
Installation View: W.A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy 2010
Installation View: W.A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy 2010
Installation View: W.A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy 2010
Installation View: W.A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy 2010
Installation View: W.A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy 2010
Installation View: W.A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy 2010
Installation View: W.A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy 2010
William Sutton Anghiari, From The Arezzo-Sansepolcro Road, 29 July 1974 1973–4. Watercolour. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, gift of the artist, 1989
This exhibition is now closed
An exhibition featuring a selection of works from Bill Sutton's 1973–4 Italian sojourn, highlighting his exquisite skill as a draughtsman and watercolourist.
In December 1973, Canterbury artist Bill Sutton undertook an extensive eight-month tour of Italy, immersing himself in the country's architecture and culture.
At every step of his trip, Sutton completed extraordinarily detailed watercolour studies of his surroundings, recording famous buildings, ruins and vistas.
W.A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy provides a selection of works from his Italian sojourn that included Rome, Florence and Venice – highlighting Sutton's appreciation of Italy as well as his exquisite skill and ability as a draughtsman and watercolourist.
You can follow Sutton's tour of Italy on this map.
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Date:
27 February – 25 April 2010 -
Curator:
Peter Vangioni -
Exhibition number:
840
Collection works in this exhibition
Related reading: Italian watercolours
Exhibition
Te Tihi o Kahukura: The Citadel of Kahukura
18 February 2017 – 18 February 2018
Selected works by Bill Sutton considered from a Kāi Tahu perspective.
Exhibition
Personal Choice: W.A. Sutton’s Selection
23 September – 4 October 1987
An exhibition of works from the Gallery's permanent collection selected by renowned Canterbury artist W.A. Sutton.
Notes
The Watercolour Collection
The Gallery's Watercolour Collection had modest beginnings, but over the past 70 years it has grown steadily by gift and purchase and, of all the Collections, still maintains a largely traditional emphasis. When the Gallery opened in June 1932, just 28 of the 128 paintings on display were watercolours and, of these, 11 were by British artists and 17 by New Zealanders. Among the mostly nineteenth century British watercolours were those by Helen Allingham, Edgar Bundy, Matthew Hale, Laura Knight, William Lee Hankey and Ernest Waterlow. In contrast, the New Zealand watercolours were by mostly contemporary or early twentieth century artists and included works by James Cook, Olivia Spencer Bower, Margaret Stoddart, Maude Sherwood, Eleanor Hughes and Alfred Walsh. The foundation Watercolour Collection included two paintings of larger than usual dimensions. William Lee Hankey's We've been in the Meadows all day (1184 x 878mm) and Charles N. Worsley's Mount Sefton (996 x 1105mm) are still greater in scale than any other work in the Watercolour Collection.
