Leo Bensemann: A Fantastic Art Venture

Leo Bensemann: A Fantastic Art Venture

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Wed 11 May ’11, 10:00am–9:00pm
Thu 12 May ’11, 10:00am–5:00pm
Fri 13 May ’11, 10:00am–5:00pm
Sat 14 May ’11, 10:00am–5:00pm
Sun 15 May ’11, 10:00am–5:00pm

Where: Christchurch Art Gallery - Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Cnr Worcester Boulevard and Montreal St, Christchurch City Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

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  • Admission: Free

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A comprehensive retrospective of an influential and talented Canterbury artist and designer. A painter of portraits and landscapes, Bensemann (1912–1986) is equally well known for his significant contribution to New Zealand graphic design and typography through his work with Christchurch's The Caxton Press. Bensemann was a colourful individual and iconoclast who was at the centre of a dynamic and broad-ranging artistic revival in New Zealand from the 1930s to the 1950s. Through his work at Caxton Press and with The Group, Bensemann provided an important connection between writers and artists and was closely associated with major figures such as artist Rita Angus, poet Denis Glover and composer Douglas Lilburn.

Image Credit: Leo Bensemann Pass in Winter (detail) 1971. Oil. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Harry Courtney Archer estate 2002. Reproduced with permission

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