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Louise Henderson : from life / Felicity Milburn, Lara Strongman, Julia Waite.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland : Christchurch : Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki ; Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū ; 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780864633255
  • 0864633254
Other title:
  • From life
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.993 23
LOC classification:
  • NX430.N45 M55 2019
Partial contents:
The Christchurch years / Lara Strongman -- Canterbury and Wellington 1929-47 -- The textiles / Linda Tyler -- Cubism 1947-59 -- Return and transition / Julia Waite -- Structures and people 1956-59 -- In pursuit of universality / Maria Lluïsa Faxedas -- Elements 1964-65 -- I follow unruly nature / Felicity Milburn -- Bush 1970-91 -- Lost and found / Christina Barton -- The twelve months 1987 -- A personal view / CK Stead -- From the archive -- Chronology and exhibition history
Summary: "Louise Henderson: From Life is the first major survey of work by French-born, New Zealand artist Louise Henderson (1902-1994). Featuring work from across Henderson's seven-decade career, the exhibition traces the development of the artist's bold and colourful abstract style. In 1925, Henderson emigrated to Christchurch to join her husband, a New Zealander, and quickly established herself as a central figure in the local art scene. She would go on to work alongside major figures including Rita Angus, John Weeks, Colin McCahon and Milan Mrkusich. Henderson was one of the first New Zealand artists to commit herself to an overtly modern style, but despite her prominence, there has been no comprehensive survey of her work until now. Louise Henderson: From Life reappraises Henderson's remarkable and complex practice, exploring the evolution of her art and the periods she spent working in Paris, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and the Middle East. The exhibition includes early watercolours of the Canterbury landscape, abstracted still-life compositions, sensuous Cubist representations of the female figure and lyrical explorations of the New Zealand bush. It culminates with the monumental series The Twelve Months, an ambitious undertaking that Henderson completed when she was 85 years old. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, a substantial publication on the artist's life's work will share new research into Henderson's complex and wide-reaching career."--Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki website (accessed 30/10/2019).
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 759.993 HEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A562622B

"Published ... on the occasion of the exhibition 'Louise Henderson : from life" at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2 November 2019-8 March 2020, and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, 20 June-11 October 2020"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Christchurch years / Lara Strongman -- Canterbury and Wellington 1929-47 -- The textiles / Linda Tyler -- Cubism 1947-59 -- Return and transition / Julia Waite -- Structures and people 1956-59 -- In pursuit of universality / Maria Lluïsa Faxedas -- Elements 1964-65 -- I follow unruly nature / Felicity Milburn -- Bush 1970-91 -- Lost and found / Christina Barton -- The twelve months 1987 -- A personal view / CK Stead -- From the archive -- Chronology and exhibition history

"Louise Henderson: From Life is the first major survey of work by French-born, New Zealand artist Louise Henderson (1902-1994). Featuring work from across Henderson's seven-decade career, the exhibition traces the development of the artist's bold and colourful abstract style. In 1925, Henderson emigrated to Christchurch to join her husband, a New Zealander, and quickly established herself as a central figure in the local art scene. She would go on to work alongside major figures including Rita Angus, John Weeks, Colin McCahon and Milan Mrkusich. Henderson was one of the first New Zealand artists to commit herself to an overtly modern style, but despite her prominence, there has been no comprehensive survey of her work until now. Louise Henderson: From Life reappraises Henderson's remarkable and complex practice, exploring the evolution of her art and the periods she spent working in Paris, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and the Middle East. The exhibition includes early watercolours of the Canterbury landscape, abstracted still-life compositions, sensuous Cubist representations of the female figure and lyrical explorations of the New Zealand bush. It culminates with the monumental series The Twelve Months, an ambitious undertaking that Henderson completed when she was 85 years old. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, a substantial publication on the artist's life's work will share new research into Henderson's complex and wide-reaching career."--Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki website (accessed 30/10/2019).

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