Wanted : the search for the modernist murals of E. Mervyn Taylor

"The detective hunt for some of this country's most important and beautiful murals. Mervyn Taylor - wood engraver, painter, illustrator, sculptor and designer - was one of the most celebrated New Zealand artists of the 1930s to 1960s. He was highly connected to modernism and nationalism as it was expressed in the New Zealand art and literature of the period. Between 1956 and 1964 he created twelve murals for major new government and civic buildings erected in that era of great economic prosperity, during which New Zealand first began to loosen its apron-string ties to England. Tragically, some have been destroyed and others presumed lost - until now. This fascinating and beautiful book, bursting with archival material, details the detective hunt for the murals and tells the stories of their creation. They cement Taylor's place as one of New Zealand's most significant artists, and are a celebration of the art and culture of our modernist era"--Publishers website.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9780994141552 ; 0994141556
• Maße: 26 cm
• Umfang: 253 Seiten
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Illustrationen ; Includes bibliographical references (page 240) and index.

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Malerei ; Grafische Verfahren, Drucke

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Auckland, New Zealand
• (wer): Massey University Press
• (wann): 2018
• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: Holloway-Smith, Bronwyn, 1982-

Weitere Informationen

• Inhaltsverzeichnis: Foreword / Claire Robinson -- Preface / Sarah Taylor -- Introduction / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith -- Ch 1. Ōtaki 1956, waiting for revelations / Huhana Smith -- Ch 2. Wellington 1958, From paddock to port / Linda Tyler -- Ch 3. Wellington 1959, The ascension of Christ / Tony Mackle -- Ch 4. New Plymouth 1960, An eternal flame to Provincialism / Bryan James -- Ch 5. Wairoa 1961, Layers upon layers / Joyce Campbell -- Ch 6. Auckland 1962, Voices through the deep / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith -- Ch 7. Lower Hutt 1962, Kia kitea, Te Waewae Tangata / Nick Roskruge -- Ch 8. Masterton 1962, The taiaha and the axe / Terri Te Tau -- Ch 9. Masterton 1963/66, Lest we forget: the batttle for the mural / Gareth Winter -- Ch 10. Wellington 1963, Assurance / Sarah Jane Parton -- Ch 11. Wellington 1963, On the politics of time and space / Ken Davis and Rose Evans -- Ch 12. Wellington 1964, A renaissance interrupted / Gregory J. Smith -- Epilogue, Towards a New Zealand public art register / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith.
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• Letzte Aktualisierung: 11.06.2025, 14:02 MESZ