Road Through a Rural Landscape
Maker
Frances Irwin Hunt
Production date
Unknown
Description
This work, depicting a tranquil country landscape, is typical of paintings by Frances Hunt. Although more fluid and representational than other works, this oil shows the influence of her mentor John Weeks and painters Paul Gauguin and Paul Cezanne.
Hunt (1890 – 1981) was born in Cambridge, New Zealand. Following the death of her father in 1909 Frances was forced to take up duties on the family farm in Te Kuiti. After the First World War she and her mother moved to Auckland where Frances took classes in the Victoria Arcade studios of painter Frank Wright. At the age of 41, Frances began study at Elam School of Arts under the tutorage of John Weeks. He had a significant impact on her work and was to remain a mentor and friend for many years. Although Hunt maintained a consistent career as a painter, winning awards and being included in some prestigious national exhibitions, she was considered a conservative painter of the landscape tradition. When she died, unmarried at the age of 91 she left her works and extensive art collection to E. H. McCormick and his sister, Myra who sold the estate and donated the funds to the Maori Education Foundation.
See full details
Object detail
290 x 387mm (image)
Public comments
Be the first to comment on this object record.