Winter morning, Wellington Harbour

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Winter morning, Wellington Harbour

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This essay originally appeared in New Zealand Art at Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2018). When the Scottish-born artist James McLauchlan Nairn arrived in Wellington in 1890, he brought with him first-hand experience of a cosmopolitan avant-garde practice to a colonial art scene in need of invigoration. Previously a member of the Glasgow Boys, a group that broke away from romantic landscape painting in favour of an impressionistic approach, Nairn encouraged local artists to work ‘en plein air’ (in ...

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Date created

circa 1900

Creator

James Nairn

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/37328

Related subjects

Harbours / Shipping / Sunrises & sunsets / Seascapes / Wellington (New Zealand) / watercolour / paper / watercolours / works on paper / Impressionist / Wellington

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