To Market: Representations of the Marketplace by New Zealand Expatriate Artists 1900-1939

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dc.contributor.authorDempsey, Adrienne M.
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-05T01:26:47Z
dc.date.available2014-12-05T11:20:05Z
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.description.abstractNew Zealand expatriate artists working in England, Europe and North Africa in the early twentieth century painted a wide variety of market scenes. The subject features in the oeuvre of Frances Hodgkins, Maud Sherwood, Sydney Lough Thompson, Maude Burge, Owen Merton, Robert Procter and John Weeks and made a significant contribution to their artistic development. Like their contemporaries in the artists’ colonies and sketching grounds of England and Europe, New Zealand artists were often drawn to traditional rural and fishing villages and sought to capture the nostalgia of the ‘old world.’ Early exploratory works by New Zealand expatriates have often been dismissed merely as nostalgic visions of colonials, without any real artistic merit. This research offers a re-evaluation of these works, recognising their value as transitional works which illustrate New Zealand expatriate artists experimenting with early modernist trends, as well as revealing prevalent contemporary tastes among the New Zealand public. This study offers a comprehensive examination of the market theme and highlights the aspirations and achievements of New Zealand expatriate artists. This is reflected in both their choice of subjects and in the way in which these were depicted. A key finding of this research is that New Zealand expatriate artists developed a distinctive response towards the market subject. The vibrant atmosphere and activity of the market and colourful views of canvas booths, awnings and costume provided the perfect means of expression for these artists to explore a variety of painterly concerns and techniques, among them plein-air and impressionist painting, watercolour techniques and a modern treatment of colour and light. The hypothesis of a ‘female gaze’ is explored with specific reference to depiction of the market subjects by Frances Hodgkins and Maud Sherwood. Placed within a wider art historical context of images of female market vendors, their market works offer an original interpretation of the female milieu of the European market. Finally, the expatriates’ vision of the exotic and colourful markets in North Africa and Egypt is investigated. They offered an alternative response to more traditional Orientalist interpretations and their Maghrebian explorations were the catalyst for key stylistic developments in colour and form.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/7277
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4833
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Centre for Fine Arts, Music and Theatreen
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNZCUen
dc.rightsCopyright Adrienne M. Dempseyen
dc.rights.urihttps://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/thesesen
dc.subjectmarketplaceen
dc.subjectmarket placeen
dc.subjectmarket sceneen
dc.subjectNew Zealand expatriate artistsen
dc.subjectFrances Hodgkinsen
dc.subjectMaud Sherwooden
dc.subjectSydney Lough Thompsonen
dc.subjectMaude Burgeen
dc.subjectOwen Mertonen
dc.subjectRobert Procteren
dc.subjectJohn Weeksen
dc.subject'old world'en
dc.subjectartists' coloniesen
dc.subjectOrientalismen
dc.subjectnostalgiaen
dc.subjectNew Zealand arten
dc.subjectplein-air paintingen
dc.titleTo Market: Representations of the Marketplace by New Zealand Expatriate Artists 1900-1939en
dc.typeTheses / Dissertations
thesis.degree.disciplineArt Historyen
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Canterburyen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen
uc.bibnumber1831139en
uc.collegeFaculty of Artsen
uc.embargo24en
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