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Av alle originalverkene Charles Henry Kennett Watkins etterlot seg, er det mest kjente Early Spring; or, A Narrow of the Waikato River (1881), som er en del av samlingen til Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa i Wellington. Like bak følger Arrival of Captain Cook; An incident in the Bay of Islands, 29 November 1769 (1890) og The Haunt of the Moa, a scene in Puriri Forest (1885). Vår katalog inneholder 6 verk av Charles Henry Kennett Watkins; galleriet har bevart de 6 verkene som verden beundrer mest, hver vist med sin dato, sitt museum og sin historie.
Early Spring; or, A Narrow of the Waikato River is an oil on canvas painted by Kennett Watkins. Created about 1881, the work originates from a period when Watkins was establishing himself as a significant figure in the New Zealand art scene. The artist, born in Ooty, India, in 1847, brought a diverse international perspective to his depictions of the local landscape following studies in Switzerland and France.
In this 1890 oil on cardboard, we find ourselves observing a quiet, heavy moment of contact within the Bay of Islands. The scene captures the encounter between Captain Cook’s crew and the Māori people on the 29th of November, 1769. The composition draws the eye toward a central exchange, where an indigenous man and a European officer meet amidst a coastal landscape. There is a palpable tension in the air,…
A phantom canoe was sighted on Lake Tarawera just days before the eruption of Mount Tarawera in June 1886. The Māori guides and tourists who witnessed it told of a waka ‘being vigorously paddled’ towards the mountain. Hailed by the guides, the crew gave no response and then vanished. The apparition was seen as a sign of imminent death and disaster.Kennett Watkins’s interpretation, two years after the event, dramatically enriches…
De fire motivene som går igjen hyppigst i disse originalverkene, hver med sitt fremste eksempel.
De 2 museene som innehar flest av maleriene på denne siden.
| Museum | By | Verker av Charles Henry Kennett Watkins | Malerier fra denne listen |
|---|---|---|---|
 Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki |
Auckland | 5 | Arrival of Captain Cook; An incident in the Bay of Islands, 29 November 1769, The Haunt of the Moa, a scene in Puriri Forest, Departure of the six canoes from Raratonga for New Zealand |
 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |
Wellington | 1 | Early Spring; or, A Narrow of the Waikato River |
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Early Spring; or, A Narrow of the Waikato River is an oil on canvas painted by Kennett Watkins. Created about 1881, the work originates from a period when Watkins was establishing himself as a significant figure in the New Zealand art scene. The artist, born in Ooty, India, in 1847, brought a diverse international perspective to his depictions of the local landscape following studies in Switzerland and France.
In this 1890 oil on cardboard, we find ourselves observing a quiet, heavy moment of contact within the Bay of Islands. The scene captures the encounter between Captain Cook’s crew and the Māori people on the 29th of November, 1769. The composition draws the eye toward a central exchange, where an indigenous man and a European officer meet amidst a coastal landscape. There is a palpable tension in the air,…
Early Spring; or, A Narrow of the Waikato River (1881), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. Deretter følger Arrival of Captain Cook; An incident in the Bay of Islands, 29 November 1769 (1890) og The Haunt of the Moa, a scene in Puriri Forest (1885).
34 år gammel: Early Spring; or, A Narrow of the Waikato River er fra 1881, og Charles Henry Kennett Watkins ble født i 1847.
Vår katalog inneholder 6 verk av Charles Henry Kennett Watkins, datert fra 1881 til 1912.
Hovedsakelig i Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (Auckland) og Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington). Museumslisten ovenfor viser alle.
I 1880s: 3 av de 6 verkene på denne siden ble laget da, Early Spring; or, A Narrow of the Waikato River av dem.
På denne siden er det eldste Early Spring; or, A Narrow of the Waikato River (1881) og det nyeste The Legend of the Voyage to New Zealand (1912).
Oil On Canvas, for 2 av de 6 verkene på denne siden.
Arrival of Captain Cook; An incident in the Bay of Islands, 29 November 1769, The Haunt of the Moa, a scene in Puriri Forest og Departure of the six canoes from Raratonga for New Zealand: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Auckland har 5 av verkene på denne siden.
