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Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery
A Whanganui biography
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This lively and compelling story of Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery begins before Henry Sarjeant had even dreamed of a 'fine art gallery' for the burgeoning small town of Whanganui. It reveals the Sarjeant Gallery's early years and its development as a collecting and exhibiting...
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Description
This lively and compelling story of Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery begins before Henry Sarjeant had even dreamed of a 'fine art gallery' for the burgeoning small town of Whanganui. It reveals the Sarjeant Gallery's early years and its development as a collecting and exhibiting institution that is now recognised as one of New Zealand's finest.
Generously illustrated with many works from the Sarjeant's rich, varied and important collection, this book places the gallery at the heart of the story of Whanganui and marks its triumphal reopening in 2024.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781991016652
Publisher: Massey University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 November 2024
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Massey University Press
Illustration: 100 Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 230.0mm
Weight: 600g
Pages: 376
About the Author
Martin Edmond was born in Ohakune and grew up in small North Island towns. He has an MA in English language and literature from Victoria University of Wellington (1977) and a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Western Sydney (2013). He travelled with avant-punk theatre group Red Mole in the 1970s, worked as a screenwriter in the 1980s and has, since the publication of The Autobiography of My Father in 1992, concentrated on the writing of non-fiction prose. His books about artists include The Resurrection of Philip Clairmont (1999), The Supply Party: Ludwig Becker on the Burke & Wills Expedition (2009), Dark Night: Walking With McCahon (2011) and Mortal Things, an unpublished biography of convict artist Joseph Lycett. He received the Prime Minister’s Award for literary achievement in non-fiction in 2013. After basing himself in Australia for many years, he moved recently to Japan, where he lives in Shinanomachi in the mountains of Honshu.
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