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James Cook (artist)
William Edward James "Jimmy" Cook (1904–1960) was a New Zealand-born Australian artist, curator and art critic. Early life Cook was born in Heathcote, Christchurch, New Zealand in 1904. Training Cook attended the Canterbury College School of Art from 1919 to 1925 where in 1926 he was awarded the Sawtell Travelling Scholarship using which he studied briefly, touring England, Scotland and Europe, and sharing rooms with William Dobell who remained a close friend. Teacher Cook returned to Christchurch in 1927 where until 1933 he taught at his alma mater the Canterbury School of Art alongside Richard Wallwork, Leonard H. Booth, Professor James Shelley, Rata Lovell-Smith, Evelyn Page and Louise Henderson. Rita Angus, a fellow artist who was amongst the first students to sit the preliminary examinations held at the end of 1927 was briefly married to James's brother Alfred, also an artist. In 1931 James joined an informal association of alumni ' The Group’ with which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heathcote (New Zealand Electorate)
Heathcote was a 19th-century parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand. Population centres The electorate was based on the Heathcote Valley suburb. History Heathcote existed from 1861 to 1893. George Williamson Hall resigned in 1862. He was succeeded by William Sefton Moorhouse in the . Moorhouse himself resigned the following year and was succeeded by Alfred Cox in the . John Hall, the younger brother of George and who was later to become the 12th Premier, won the against George Buckley and represented Heathcote until 1872, when he resigned for health reasons. At the , John Cracroft Wilson was elected unopposed to represent the electorate. James Fisher the represented the electorate over the next two terms, from 1876 Events January * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. *January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts. February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Australian Art Critics (news Periodicals)
This is a sortable list of Australian art critics who wrote for newspapers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a period in which such periodicals carried the majority of current, contemporaneous art criticism, before most such papers ceased art reviews in the 21st century. Of the role of the critic Baudelaire in the chapter ''A quoi bon la critique'' in ''Le salon de 1846'', published posthumously in Curiosités esthétiques' in 1868, declared: As for criticism itself, I hope that philosophers will understand what I am going to say: to be just, as its very reason for being, criticism must be partial, passionate, political, as made from an exclusive point of view, but from the point of view which opens the most horizons." Australian sculptor and academic, Judy Hamilton writes to distinguish this genre:...criticism that appears in newspapers is written for a general audience, and the real substance of newspaper art criticism can best be summed up as providing an antidote for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Regional Art Museum
The New England Regional Art Museum, known as NERAM, is a museum of Australian art located in Armidale in the New England (New South Wales), New England region of New South Wales. NERAM's art collections are the second largest and most valuable regional public collection in NSW after the Newcastle Art Gallery. NERAM's collections are valued in excess of A$25 million. The NERAM complex includes six gallery spaces, a Museum of Printing, an artist's studio, conference facilities, shop and café. History NERAM opened in 1983. It was purpose-built to house and exhibit the collections of its two main benefactors, Howard Hinton (art patron), Howard Hinton and Chandler Coventry, as well as the existing Armidale City Art Collection. Sydney-based collector and benefactor Howard Hinton (art patron), Howard Hinton began donating pictures to the Armidale Teacher’s College in 1929. He aimed to "illustrate comprehensively the development of Australia art" from 1880. His gifts to the College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |