(1922-2010)
Installation drawing 1980
Mixed media
380mm x 435mm (framed)
Don Peebles was born in Taneatua, near Whakatane, lived in Wellington and studied art in Sydney and London. Upon his return in 1962, he became the first artist in New Zealand to explore constructionist abstraction, and became renowned for painted relief constructions, often framed in shallow trays.
His work has been acquired by both public and private collections in New Zealand and internationally. He was recognised as one of New Zealand's most important abstract artists. Peebles was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1999 for his services to New Zealand art, was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Literature by the University of Canterbury in 2003 and received an Arts Foundation Icon Award in 2007.
You can learn more about this artist at: www.thearts.co.nz
Artwork purchased from Dunbar Sloane Ltd, Wellington