Wanted: The search for the modernist murals of E. Mervyn Taylor rita

Wanted: The search for the modernist murals of E. Mervyn Taylor ritaThe detective hunt for some of this countrys most important and beautiful murals Mervyn Taylor wood engraver, painter, illustrator, sculptor and designer was one of the most celebrated New Zealand artists of the 1930s to 1960s. He was highly connected to modernism and nationalism as it was expressed in the New Zealand art and literature of the period. Between 1956 and 1964 he created twelve murals for major new government and civic buildings erected

a link to both versions of the treaty translated into thirty other languages and New Zealand Sign Language

Pages: 448

evocative original architectural drawings and a rich text informed by extensive archival research and interviews with key figures in the firm

This adorable 15cm soft touch plush Tui

was capable of yielding up riches undreamed of

Extent: 364 pagesFormat: Hardback

Kolokesa U Māhina-Tuai and Damian Skinner

Like a swallow she was drawn back to the Mediterranean and the brilliant light that informed the work of so many modernist artists

his work encompassed many themes

and both produced some of their finest work

expert and richly illustrated

Doris Lusk