Linda Rose Tyler is a New Zealand art historian, and is an associate professor at the

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

. Tyler was awarded an Auckland Museum Medal in 2014 for her work promoting the use of museum collections.

Academic career

Tyler completed a Master's in Fine Arts degree at the University of Canterbury in 1986, studying émigré architect

Ernst Plischke Ernst Anton Plischke (June 26, 1903 – 23 May, 1992) was an Austrian-New Zealand modernist architect, town planner and furniture designer whose work is well known throughout Europe and New Zealand. Early years Plischke was born in the town ...

. She later completed a

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on botanist and artist John Buchanan titled ''Drawn from Nature: art and science in the work of John Buchanan'' at the University of Auckland in 2018. Tyler was the Curator of the art collection at the

Waikato Museum of Art and History Waikato Museum () is a regional museum located in Hamilton, New Zealand. The museum manages ArtsPost, a shop and gallery space for New Zealand art and design. Both are managed by the Hamilton City Council. Outside the museum is ''The Tongue of ...

, and then Curator of the Pictorial Collection at the

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in Dunedin. She has taught art and design history and curation at the University of Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Waikato and the University of Auckland. Tyler published a chapter on

Anne Hamblett Annie (Anne) Eleanor McCahon ''née'' Hamblett (11 October 1915 – 30 December 1993) was a New Zealand artist and illustrator. She was married to fellow artist Colin McCahon. Early life Anne Hamblett was born in Mosgiel, the daughter of the ...

, artist and wife of

Colin McCahon Colin John McCahon (; 1August 191927May 1987) was a New Zealand artist whose work over 45 years consisted of various styles, including landscape, figuration, abstraction, and the overlay of painted text. Along with Toss Woollaston and Rita Angus ...

, and later curated the exhibition ''A Table Of One’s Own: The Creative Life Of Anne McCahon'', which was on at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery to celebrate the tenth anniversary of McCahon House in 2016. She also created the exhibition on Robin White, ''Island Life: Robin White: Robin White in New Zealand and Kiribati'', which was toured by the Hocken University Library. Tyler writes for ''Architecture Now'' and ''Pantograph Punch''. In 2019 Tyler mentored Auckland artist Dominique Baker through The Big Idea's Mentoring in the Arts programme. She has also judged for a number of competitions, including for the

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and the

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, and curated the 2022 Sculpture in the Gardens in

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Honours and awards

In 2014 Tyler was awarded associate status at the

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through the awarding of an Auckland Museum Medal, with the citation noting that she "has championed the role of university collections and museums and represented New Zealand at international conferences".

Selected works

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References

External links

In Conversation
Jacqueline Fahey and Linda Tyler in conversation about Fahey's life, 26 Nov 2023, via YouTube
A''rt historian Linda Tyler on Mrkusich's Buildings''
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Milan Mrkusich Milan Mrkusich (5 April 1925 – 13 June 2018) was a New Zealand artist and designer. He was considered a pioneer of abstract painting in New Zealand. Retrospective exhibitions of his work were organised by the Auckland Art Gallery in 1972 and 19 ...

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