Doris Lusk, 'Two Tides at Onekaka, Nelson' - Print ForHim

Doris Lusk, 'Two Tides at Onekaka, Nelson' - Print ForHimDunedin born artist, Doris Lusk, began her painting career during a time when artists were developing a new landscape iconography, namely by introducing structures such as bridges and railway stations. Her early painting style reflects this new iconography, with a fascination with industrial themes by way of stylisation and exaggeration. She worked alongside a group of upcoming and influential group of New Zealand artists paving way for a new style of

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1948 (Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki)

was living in a tiny cottage at Bottle Creek on Pāuatahanui Inlet

and pronounced to be ‘magnificent

the house was a destination at holiday times and weekends for Lusk

Published to coincide with the opening of the beautiful art galleries at Te Papa

the beauty of the human form and that golden light at the end of the day”

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