A Matter of Taste: the Fate of the Archdeacon Smythe Collection of British Watercolours in New Zealand

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A Matter of Taste: the Fate of the Archdeacon Smythe Collection of British Watercolours in New Zealand

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<b>Francis Henry Dumville Smythe, a humble clergyman from England, spent a lifetime amassing his private collection of watercolours. During the 1950s, he decided to gift them to two art institutions in New Zealand – Dunedin Public Art Gallery and the National Art Gallery in Wellington. They were welcomed with open arms and celebrated as “the finest collection of water colour pictures in the Southern Hemisphere.” However, they soon fell out of favour: rarely exhibited, the collection remains p...

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Doctoral

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2021

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Annika Sippel

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Art history / Visual cultures / Art history, theory and criticism not elsewhere classified / Heritage, archive and museum studies not elsewhere classified / British Watercolours / national identity / Archdeacon Smythe / New Zealand art collections / shifting taste / National Art Gallery of New Zealand / Dunedin Public Art Gallery / School: School of English, Film, Theatre, Media Studies and Art History / Curatorial and Related Studies not elsewhere classified / Art History / Visual Cultures / Art Theory and Criticism not elsewhere classified / Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology / Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing / Conserving Collections and Movable Cultural Heritage / Heritage not elsewhere classified / Understanding New Zealand's Past / Understanding Europe's Past / Degree Discipline: Art History / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy

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