Colin McCahon 1919-1987

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Colin McCahon is widely recognised as New Zealand’s foremost painter. Over 45 years, his work encompassed many themes, subjects and styles, from landscape to figuration to abstraction and an innovative use of painted text. His adaption of aspects of modernist painting to a specific local situation and his intense engagement with spiritual matters, mark him out as a distinctive figure in twentieth-century art

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  • Colin McCahon, Canterbury Lansdscape, 1952
    Canterbury Lansdscape, 1952
  • Colin McCahon, Cover for the Shell Guide to New Zealand, 1968
    Cover for the Shell Guide to New Zealand, 1968
  • Colin McCahon, From Mt. Atkinson, 1957
    From Mt. Atkinson, 1957
  • Colin McCahon, Helensville, Series A, No. 1-4, 1968
    Helensville, Series A, No. 1-4, 1968
  • Colin McCahon, North Otago Landscape 5, 1967
    North Otago Landscape 5, 1967
  • Colin McCahon, Our Friend Lazarus Has Fallen Asleep, 1969
    Our Friend Lazarus Has Fallen Asleep, 1969
  • Colin McCahon, Pangatotara Nelson, 1943
    Pangatotara Nelson, 1943
  • Colin McCahon, Untitled (Marlborough Sounds), 1940
    Untitled (Marlborough Sounds), 1940
  • Colin McCahon, Was It Worth While (Elias Series), 1959
    Was It Worth While (Elias Series), 1959
  • Colin McCahon, Waterfall, 1964
    Waterfall, 1964
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