There is a smattering of portraits, largely in profile, lost in thought. Online enquiries may be made using the send email button at the bottom of the page. Over 30 years of exhibiting, grahame sydney onzm has become celebrated as the definitive painter of central otago. Gallery of paintings all paintings are painted in watercolour. Grahame charles sydney onzm born 1948 is a new zealand artist, based in the south island region of central otago. 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. As he explains in the autobiographical introduction to this book, he drew.
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. The fourth reprint of this popular title is refreshed with a stunning new jacket and a bronze premium bestseller sticker. Grahame sydney prints on sale buy direct from nzs art. 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. 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. Grahame sydney left is one of new zealand s major artists, best known for his glorious landscapes of central otago. The monster stood sentinel over much more recent events. Grahame sydney and vincent osullivan nzs poet laureate. 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. Grahame sydney paintings 1974 2014 published 2014 by craig potton publishing. 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. In 2004, sydney was awarded the illustrious officer of the new zealand of merit, for services. Paintings 19742014 is a major retrospective survey of paintings from sydney s 40year career as an artist. This 304 page hardback in slipcase features over 200 paintings and covers grahames 40 year career as a fulltime.
Grahame sydney artist kiwigran my escapades, my images. Paintings 19742014 is a major retrospective survey of paintings from sydneys 40year career as an artist. His new book is a collection of 40 years of paintings, from 1974 to 2014, with an autobiographical essay and a commentary by osullivan. In 2003, he was made an officer of the new zealand order of merit for services to painting. Grahame sydney is one of new zealands major artists, famous for his quintessential and exquisitely rendered paintings of central otago and the south. Chosen from paintings produced over thirty years, this selection. Grahame sydneys antarctica 2008 and grahame sydneys central otago 2011. His practice extends beyond landscapes however, and this book also reveals.
Auction tue, 19 may, 2020 work 39 international art. 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. She graduated in 2001 from the elam school of fine arts with a masters of fine arts career. 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. This book contains over 200 paintings from sydneys 40year career, including all of his bestknow. In essence so many of the paintings are about staying not leaving, about enduring, hanging on. This beautiful 304 page hardback in slipcase features over 200 paintings and covers grahames 40 year career as a fulltime artist. 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. 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. Paintings 19742014, a weighty boxed survey of 40 years of works in oil, egg tempera and watercolour. 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.
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. Find art for sale at great prices from artists including paintings, photography, sculpture, and prints by top emerging artists like grahame ashcroft. A landmark publication, this book captures magnificently the scale and significance of grahame sydneys contribution to new zealand art and culture. 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 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 to 2014, craig potton. Grahame sydney talks about his spectacular new book. The art of grahame sydney is a comprehensive survey of one of new zealands bestloved artists. Sydney was made an officer of the new zealand order of merit onzm in 2004.
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. 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. Has grahame sydney fallen out of favour with nzs art. 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. 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. Grahame sydney 1948 was born in dunedin, new zealand. There is a surreal quality, an ineffable tension, to these dramatic paintings which have made his body of work iconic. Mar 12, 2012 an atrist booklet displaying grahame sydney s paintings. Paintings 19742014 is a retrospective survey of paintings. Discover book depositorys huge selection of grahamesydney books online. A constantly updated gallery of watercolour paintings by grahame booth. Jan 08, 2015 that austere beauty permeates grahame sydney.
See more ideas about new zealand art, art and nz art. 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. We ship artwork worldwide,you can custom the size and frame. 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. Grahame sydney is one of new zealands bestloved artists and has been painting for over thirty years. See more ideas about new zealand art, artist and new art. 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. An atrist booklet displaying grahame sydneys paintings. Grahame sydney paintings 19742014 standard edition. 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. Chosen from paintings produced over thirty years, this selection shows sydneys enormously varied body of work. 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.
Grahame sydneys central otago grahame sydney book buy. Learn about the artist and find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Grahame sydney is one of new zealands most celebrated and loved artists, best known for his dramatic paintings of central otago, where he lives. This 304 page hardback in slipcase features over 200 paintings and covers grahames 40 year career as a fulltime artist. 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.
Auction tue, 19 may, 2020 work 39 international art centre. It seems to me that the essentials of landscape are seen with the heart. 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. Recent paintings 2000 2011 is a survey of artist grahame sydneys work over the past decade. 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. Grahames eye was not only drawn to the remarkable shape of this ancient eroded geological feature. Hughes was born in 1971 in vancouver, british columbia, canada. After graduating from the university of otago sydney worked briefly as a secondary school teacher before heading overseas. 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. Chosen from paintings produced over thirty years, this selection shows sydney s enormously varied body of work. Always a willing writer, sydney is the author or significant contributor to several other books including.
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