Mar 12, 2012 an atrist booklet displaying grahame sydney s paintings. See more ideas about new zealand art, artist and new art. Hughes was born in 1971 in vancouver, british columbia, canada. Over 30 years of exhibiting, grahame sydney onzm has become celebrated as the definitive painter of central otago. Grahame sydney\\s landscapes are much admired because the subject matter is so readily recognisable and the style so accessible they are as realistic as good photographs, some would say. Chosen from works produced from 1974 to 2000, this selection sho. The art of grahame sydney is a comprehensive survey of one of new zealands bestloved artists. The art of grahame sydney won the montana book of the year award, as well as the readers choice award when it was first published. Grahame sydney is one of new zealands major artists, famous for his quintessential and exquisitely rendered paintings of central otago and the south. His paintings of the central otago landscape and the wider south island are known and loved by large numbers of new zealanders at home and abroad, and have become touchstones that reflect the depth of feeling many people have for this country. Working in oils, watercolours, egg tempera, etchings and lithographs, his paintings have been widely exhibited and are held in private and public collections around the world. Chosen from paintings produced over thirty years, this selection shows sydney s enormously varied body of work.
In essence so many of the paintings are about staying not leaving, about enduring, hanging on. Grahame sydney is one of new zealands bestloved artists and has been painting for over thirty years. Grahame sydney paintings 19742014 standard edition. His practice extends beyond landscapes however, and this book also reveals. As he explains in the autobiographical introduction to this book, he drew. Discover book depositorys huge selection of grahamesydney books online.
He is also an acclaimed photographer and writer, has published numerous books, and collaborated with writers such as brian turner, vincent osullivan and owen marshall. Grahame sydney is one of new zealands major artists, famous for his quintessential and exquisitely rendered paintings of central otago and the south this book contains over 200 paintings from sydneys 40year career, including all of his bestknown landscapes, his figure paintings, and his highly distinctive paintings of buildings and their interiors. Grahame sydney is a significant new zealand painter and draughtsman. Grahame sydney prints on sale buy direct from nzs art. The monster stood sentinel over much more recent events. In this landmark book, which features many unseen works, as well as his most loved landscapes and figurative paintings, grahame delves into his childhood and the beginnings of his obsession with art while vincent osullivan writes insightfully about his work.
Paintings 19742014 is a major retrospective survey of paintings from sydneys 40year career as an artist. Homestead with mt ida is an excellent example of grahame sydney\\ s landscape art, the genre for which he is best known, although his oeuvre. His paintings are highly sought after by collectors at home and abroad, but grahame sydney hasnt been included in shows of contemporary new zealand painters for years. His new book is a collection of 40 years of paintings, from 1974 to 2014, with an autobiographical essay and a commentary by osullivan. Paintings 19742014 is a major retrospective survey of paintings from sydney s 40year career as an artist. It seems to me that the essentials of landscape are seen with the heart. This book contains over 200 paintings from sydneys 40year career, including all of his bestknown landscapes, his figure paintings, and his highly distinctive paintings of buildings and.
In 2003, he was made an officer of the new zealand order of merit for services to painting. Grahame walsh 1944 2007, the author and worlds leading expert on the bradshaws, made thousands of photographs of these sophisticated works and was commissioned by the australian government to produce a book considered to be the finest in its field australias greatest rock art for the bicentenary. May 20, 2017 his paintings are highly sought after by collectors at home and abroad, but grahame sydney hasnt been included in shows of contemporary new zealand painters for years. Grahame sydney and vincent osullivan nzs poet laureate. Grahames eye was not only drawn to the remarkable shape of this ancient eroded geological feature. Recent paintings 2000 2011 is a survey of artist grahame sydneys work over the past decade. Grahame sydney left is one of new zealand s major artists, best known for his glorious landscapes of central otago. Grahame sydney has held numerous solo shows throughout new zealand and his work is featured in a variety of national and international collections both public and private. This book contains over 200 paintings from sydneys 40year career, including all of his bestknow. See more ideas about new zealand art, art and nz art. There is a smattering of portraits, largely in profile, lost in thought. Beside the old dunstan road on rough ridge, this monumental tor has been weathering for thousands of years, he explains in notes on the paintings in his latest book, grahame sydney.
Has grahame sydney fallen out of favour with nzs art. Grahame sydney paintings 19742014 grahame sydney is one of new zealands preeminent artists renowned for his quintessential and exquisitely rendered paintings of central otago and the south. Auripo road by grahame sydney for sale new zealand art prints image vault ltd is a distributor and publisher of fineart prints, bespoke lampshades and wall decals. She graduated in 2001 from the elam school of fine arts with a masters of fine arts career.
The man behind some of nzs most iconic paintings the legendary grahame sydney artist in conversation with awardwinning journalist and mbf interviewer mike white at dog point vineyard at this years marlborough book festival. Grahame sydney 1948 is an artist born in 1948 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 1988, at sothebys, and the most recent auction result is a drawingwatercolor sold in 2020. Paintings 19742014 is a retrospective survey of paintings. Grahame charles sydney onzm born 1948 is a new zealand artist, based in the south island region of central otago. Grahame sydneys antarctica 2008 and grahame sydneys central otago 2011. A constantly updated gallery of watercolour paintings by grahame booth. A landmark publication, this book captures magnificently the scale and significance of grahame sydneys contribution to new zealand art and culture.
Grahame sydney is also well known for strikingly beautiful printmaking, particularly figure studies, and has worked in egg tempera, watercolours, oils, lithography and etchings. Grahame sydney paintings 1974 2014 published 2014 by craig potton publishing. Hughes is represented in auckland by gow langsford gallery and in melbourne by sutton gallery work by hughes is included in a number of public collections including the auckland. Paintings is an important contribution to the literature of new zealand art, a landmark publication that will be essential reading for those interested in art and our landscapes.
In 2004, sydney was awarded the illustrious officer of the new zealand of merit, for services to painting to add to his impressive list of achievements. Nov 14, 2014 his new book is a collection of 40 years of paintings, from 1974 to 2014, with an autobiographical essay and a commentary by osullivan. Grahame sydneys central otago grahame sydney book buy. His paintings of the central otago landscape and the wider south island are known and loved by large numbers of new zealanders at home and abroad, and have become touchstones that reflect the dept. The monograph, the art of grahame sydney, won a prize at the montana new zealand book awards new zealands most prominent book award in 2000. When he returned to dunedin in 1974 he began working fulltime as an artist. Chosen from paintings produced over thirty years, this selection. Grahame sydney is one of new zealands most celebrated and loved artists, best known for his dramatic paintings of central otago, where he lives. In 2004, sydney was awarded the illustrious officer of the new zealand of merit, for services. Auction tue, 19 may, 2020 work 39 international art centre. Grahame sydney artist kiwigran my escapades, my images. Though the bulk of this second half of the book is dedicated to a collection of all of sydneys major paintings, from 1974 to 2014. Learn about the artist and find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. One of new zealands most iconic realist painters, sydney is best known for his luminous, transcendent paintings of central otago where he lives in the maniototo valley.
Grahame sydney paintings 1974 to 2014, craig potton. Since beginning his professional art life in 1974 he has worked as a painter in egg tempera, oil and watercolour, printmaker etching and lithography, photographer and writer. Sydney was made an officer of the new zealand order of merit onzm in 2004. An atrist booklet displaying grahame sydneys paintings. This beautiful 304 page hardback in slipcase features over 200 paintings and covers grahames 40 year career as a fulltime artist. After graduating from the university of otago sydney worked briefly as a secondary school teacher before heading overseas. Gallery of paintings all paintings are painted in watercolour. Jan 08, 2015 that austere beauty permeates grahame sydney. We ship artwork worldwide,you can custom the size and frame.
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Grahame sydney 1948 was born in dunedin, new zealand. Paintings 19742014, a weighty boxed survey of 40 years of works in oil, egg tempera and watercolour. Always a willing writer, sydney is the author or significant contributor to several other books including. The fourth reprint of this popular title is refreshed with a stunning new jacket and a bronze premium bestseller sticker. Grahame sydney talks about his spectacular new book. There is a surreal quality, an ineffable tension, to these dramatic paintings which have made his body of work iconic.