An Otira sketchbook

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An Otira sketchbook

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Immediate impressions After arriving in New Zealand in 1890, Petrus van der Velden’s preoccupation with capturing the lives of everyday people shifted almost immediately to an interest in the characteristics of the land. His new focus is evident in these sketchbooks. The Dutch artist travelled around Christchurch, to the Ōtira Gorge in the Southern Alps, to the North Island, and beyond. As he did, he recorded in pencil, charcoal, pen, and paint his immediate impressions of place: the intens...

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Image

Date created

circa 1893

Creator

Petrus van der Velden

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/38156

Related subjects

charcoal / graphite pencil / sketchbooks / works on paper

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