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Bill's Story : A portrait of W A Sutton
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| A$ 22.95 each |
| Paperback |
| Author: Pat Unger |
| Published by: Canterbury University Press |
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Three years after the artist's death, W. A. Sutton: A Retrospective was held to celebrate the opening of the new glass-bright Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, in 2003. Thousands of visitors to the exhibition were bowled over by Bill Sutton's artistic skill and his vision of Canterbury. Bill's Story goes behind the artist to discover the child, the student, the tutor, the citizen, the well-mannered bohemian. The book is derived mainly from Sutton's extensive archives, and from the author's personal knowledge of the artist. We meet his pioneer grandparents, who hailed from England and Northern Ireland, and his parents and brother in their modest family home in Sydenham, Christchurch. Pat Unger portrays an attentive son, a steadfast friend and erudite academic, a resolute administrator and a multi-skilled professional artist.
First published March 2008.
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Heaton Rhodes Of Otahuna
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| A$ 54.95 each |
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| Author: Geoffrey W Rice |
| Published by: Canterbury University Press |
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Once described as 'the grand old man' of New Zealand public life, Sir Heaton Rhodes was certainly one of the best-known and most-loved public figures in Canterbury province in the first half of the twentieth century. His country mansion, Otahuna, near Christchurch had one of New Zealand's most famous and often-visited gardens. Soldier, politician, Cabinet minister, philanthropist, stamp collector, cattle breeder and horticulturalist, he filled a long life with an extraordinary diversity of interests. Few men have achieved such high public esteem in New Zealand, or been loaded with so many honours. This revised edition of the successful 2001 publication brings to life one of New Zealand's most admired public figures.
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