Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Wanted : the search for the modernist murals of E. Mervyn Taylor / edited by Bronwyn Holloway-Smith.
Published / Created:
Auckland, New Zealand : Massey University Press, 2018.

©2018
Physical Description:
253 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 26 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 240) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Claire Robinson -- Preface / Sarah Taylor -- Introduction / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith -- Ch 1. Ōtaki 1956, waiting for revelations / Huhana Smith -- Ch 2. Wellington 1958, From paddock to port / Linda Tyler -- Ch 3. Wellington 1959, The ascension of Christ / Tony Mackle -- Ch 4. New Plymouth 1960, An eternal flame to Provincialism / Bryan James -- Ch 5. Wairoa 1961, Layers upon layers / Joyce Campbell -- Ch 6. Auckland 1962, Voices through the deep / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith -- Ch 7. Lower Hutt 1962, Kia kitea, Te Waewae Tangata / Nick Roskruge -- Ch 8. Masterton 1962, The taiaha and the axe / Terri Te Tau -- Ch 9. Masterton 1963/66, Lest we forget: the batttle for the mural / Gareth Winter -- Ch 10. Wellington 1963, Assurance / Sarah Jane Parton -- Ch 11. Wellington 1963, On the politics of time and space / Ken Davis and Rose Evans -- Ch 12. Wellington 1964, A renaissance interrupted / Gregory J. Smith -- Epilogue, Towards a New Zealand public art register / Bronwyn Holloway-Smith.
Subject Terms:
Taylor, E. Mervyn. | Painters -- New Zealand. | Wood-engravers -- New Zealand -- 20th century. | Mural painting and decoration -- New Zealand -- 20th century. | Art, New Zealand -- 20th century. | Artists -- New Zealand. | New Zealand -- Auckland. | New Zealand -- Wellington. | Artists, New Zealand - 20th century. | Art, New Zealand - 20th century. | Taylor, E Mervyn. | Painting, New Zealand - 20th century. | Painters - New Zealand - 20th century.
Contributors:
Holloway-Smith, Bronwyn, 1982– editor.