Robert Nettleton Field (3 March 1899–18 February 1987) was a New Zealand artist, sculptor, potter and art teacher. He was born in

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on 3 March 1899. Field was described as "a quiet man who has never sought publicity and makes the most modest claims for himself."

Influence

Field was an influential teacher to

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 ...

who was especially interested in Field's idea of finding one's 'direction' as an artist. McCahon stated, "The painter's life for me was exemplified by the life and work of R.N. Field."

References

1899 births 1987 deaths New Zealand artists New Zealand educators New Zealand potters English emigrants to New Zealand People from Bromley 20th-century New Zealand ceramists {{NewZealand-artist-stub