The Island Trader - Poster Print
Russell Clark
An unframed print featuring a reproduction of Russell Clark's painting The Island Trader.
The print comes in a cardboard tube for protection and easy posting.
Author: Russell Clark
Features: Unframed print, 300gsm Art paper
Dimensions: 560 x 610 mm
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Russell Clark The Island Trader 1929. Watercolour. Christchurch Art Gallery Trust Collection
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Russell Clark The Island Trader
Russell Clark’s elevated view of a Pacific islands trading vessel berthed at a local port shows the skill with composition and detail that made him such a successful illustrator in his early career. The location of this scene has not yet been identified and may be partly invented. The Island Trader conveys at first the idea of an idyllic oceanic commerce, delivering tropical island produce to these shores. However, New Zealand held both Western Samoa and the Cook Islands under colonial rule at this time, and tensions under that system were rising.
(Te Wheke, 2020)
Exhibition
Te Wheke: Pathways Across Oceania
3 July 2022
Experience the Gallery’s collection from the perspective of our place in Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the Pacific Ocean.