Bohemians of The Brush Pumpkin Cottage Impressionists

Bohemians of The Brush Pumpkin Cottage Impressionists, Nelson, 5 May 2012 – 17 June 2012

When:

Thu 31 May, 10:30am–4:30pm 
Fri 1 Jun, 10:30am–4:30pm 
Sat 2 Jun, 10:30am–4:30pm 
Sun 3 Jun, 10:30am–4:30pm 
Mon 4 Jun, 10:30am–4:30pm 

Restrictions: All Ages

Ticket Information:

  • Adult: $3.00
  • Child (school age): $0.50
  • Student / NZ Gold Card / concession: $1.00
  • Saturdays - free entry: $0.00
  • Door Sales Only

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'Bohemians of the Brush: Pumpkin Cottage Impressionists' will tell the little-known story of how James Nairn united modern artists from throughout the country in the 1890s and helped redefine New Zealand painting. The exhibition will bring alive New Zealand's most famous artists' retreat, the legendary Pumpkin Cottage at Silverstream, and convey how the bohemian artists at Pumpkin Cottage and the rebel Wellington Art Club exhibitions were regarded at the time.

The exhibition includes plein-air and impressionist paintings drawn from Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre's Pumpkin Cottage Paintings Collection, and from public and private collections. Artists will include James Nairn, Mabel Hill, John Baillie, George Butler, Mary Elizabeth Tripe, Frances Hodgkins, Girolamo Nerli and their followers Fred Sedgwick, Edward Fristrom and Nugent Welch. Curated by Jane Vial for the Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre, Lower Hutt.

Floortalk: Saturday 12 May 3 pm
Join exhibition curator, Jane Vial, for a guided tour

Image: Mabel Hill, Akatarawa Road 1905. Watercolour 745 x 960 mm. Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre. Pumpkin Cottage Paintings Collection, gifted by Ernest and Shirley Cosgrove in 2008.

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