Mary McIntyre (New Zealand artist)

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Mary McIntyre
Born1928 (age 95–96)
Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
EducationElam School of Fine Art (summer school)
Known forPainting
Notable workAn All New Zealand Enterprise 2; The Birth of Adonis, or Portrait of three prominent men, or The Kiwi cup of tea; Moa summer

Mary McIntyre (born 1928) is a New Zealand artist. Her works are included in major art collections in New Zealand and Australia.

Background[edit]

McIntyre was born in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] She began painting while living and working in Waikato, where her husband was a farmer.[2] In 1966 she attended an Elam School of Fine Arts Summer School in Auckland and was tutored by Colin McCahon.[3][2] After the summer school she returned to Waikato, later moving to Hamilton, and then Auckland. She also traveled to London and Italy where she was exposed to the Italian Renaissance masters.[2] She is primarily self-taught and became a full-time artist in 1980.[4]

Career[edit]

McIntyre is known for her realist works in which she creates ambiguous, often surreal, narratives.[5] Influenced by the style and composition of Northern Italian and Renaissance art, she became known in New Zealand as a realist figurative painter. Her landscapes take New Zealand as their subject, specifically the volcanoes of Auckland.[3] She is also known for her portraits, frequently painting herself as the protagonist.[5] Her works often challenge political correctness and contain barbed humour or shafts of discomfort.[4]

Notable works include: An All New Zealand Enterprise 2 (c. 1983);[6] The Birth of Adonis, or Portrait of three prominent men, or The Kiwi cup of tea (1981);[7] Moa summer (c. 1993).[8]

Her works are included in the collections of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki,[9] Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,[10] Waikato Museum of Art and History,[11] James Wallace Arts Trust,[12] and the National Museum of Australia.[3]

Exhibitions[edit]

McIntyre has exhibited prolifically since the 1960s, contributing to more than fifty group shows and over thirty solo exhibitions[2] including:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "McIntyre, Mary". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Mary McIntyre". TSB Wallace Arts Centre. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Mary McIntyre". whitespace. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Mary McIntyre". remuera-gallery.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Then and Now". whitespace. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  6. ^ "An All New Zealand Enterprise 2". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  7. ^ "The Birth of Adonis, or Portrait of three prominent men, or The Kiwi cup of tea". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Moa summer". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Mary McIntyre". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Mary McIntyre". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Waikato Bequests Trust". Waikato Museum. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Mary McIntyre". Wallace Arts Trust. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Sofia's Frieze". whitespace. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  14. ^ "The Art of Mary McIntyre". Waikato Museum. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Head 2 Head". New Zealand Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

Further reading[edit]

Artist files for Mary McIntyre are held at:

Also see:

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