Galleries of Maoriland: Artists, Collectors and the Māori world, 1880-1910 by Blackley Roger
84.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: near fine
Galleries of Maoriland introduces us to the many ways in which European colonists to New Zealand (called Pakeha by the indigenous Maori) discovered, created, propagated and romanticised the Maori world at the turn of the century summed up in a popular nickname describing New Zealand; Maoriland. It could ...Show more
Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography by Phillip Prodger; HRH The Duchess Of Cambridge Staff (Introduction by)
60.00 NZD
Category: Fine Art
Goldie by Roger Blackley
69.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Reading Level: very good
Charles F. Goldie (1870-1947) is one of New Zealand's best known artists, with mystique surrounding his work. His fame has been fed by newspaper reports documenting record-shattering prices, thefts, vandalism and forgeries. The book explores Goldie's career, his early still life paintings, his time as a ...Show more
Museum of Islamic Art: the Collection by Julia Gonnella (Editor)
154.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art
The first comprehensive reference publication on the world-class collection at the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar, featuring examples of dazzling artistic achievements from across the Islamic world. With flagship architecture by I. M. Pei, an interior designed by J.-M. Wilmotte, and one of the world's fi ...Show more
Art is Life: Icons & Iconoclasts, Visionaries & Vigilantes, & Flashes of Hope in the Night by Jerry Saltz
70.00 NZD
Category: Fine Art
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist, a deliciously readable survey of the art world in turbulent times. Jerry Saltz is one of our most-watched writers about art and artists, and a passionate champion of the importance of art in our shared cultural life. Since t ...Show more
Venice: A Sketchbook Guide by Matthew Rice
45.00 NZD
Category: Fine Art
A guide to the wonders of Venice, conveyed by means of an artist's sketchbookMatthew Rice is a long-time observer and illustrator of cities, buildings and all those who inhabit them, with an uncanny ability to express the energy of a place through a few lines of ink and splashes of paint. For years, Ven ...Show more
Heritage Paintings Tauponui a tia New Zealand by Raymond Val
69.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art
Val Raymond was best known during the 1960s, 70s and 80s for her portraiture and Central North Island lanscapes. Inventing new watercolour techniques led to her artistic trsnaformation during the 1990s - painting exquisite "abstract expessions"that combine unusually different aspects of New Zealand heri ...Show more
Ray Ching: New Zealand Bird Paintings by Ray Ching
79.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art
Ray Ching is internationally recognised as one of the world's greatest living wildlife artists. Born in New Zealand, he established himself as an artist in the 1960s, before moving to England where he has spent the majority of his career. He has never lost his interest in his roots, however, or the New ...Show more
Nests by Susan Ogilvy
50.00 NZD
Category: Environment
A unique celebration of the architectural ingenuity of birds, by an acclaimed illustratorSusan Ogilvy started painting bird nests almost by accident. One day, while tidying up her garden after a storm, she found a chaffinch nest - a strange, sodden lump on the grass under a fir tree. She carried it insi ...Show more
Clare Reilly: Eye of the Calm by Clare Reilly
55.00 NZD
Category: Fine Art
Clare Reilly: Eye of the Calm is an exploration of New Zealand painter Clare Reilly's life and work. The mixture of autobiographical writing and gorgeous paintings subtly shows how Reilly's art and experiences are entwined. Her themes cover the issues of habitat destruction and renewal, depicting native ...Show more
SALE Paul Dibble - X - A Decade of Sculpture 2010-2020
19.99 NZD
69.99 (71% off)
Category: Fine Art
He Ringatoi o nga Tupuna : Isaac Coates and his Maori portraits by Hilary and John Mitchell
79.99 NZD
Category: Māori History
Isaac Coates was an Englishman who lived in Wellington and Nelson between 1841 and 1845. During that time he painted watercolour portraits of 58 Maori from Nelson, Marlborough, Wellington, Waikanae and Kapiti. Some of these portraits have been well-known for nearly 180 years, although their creator was ...Show more