A Tour with Ron Brownson

                                              

                                              Polynesia by Jim Allen - limestone

Yesterday I joined Ron Brownson's talk at the Auckland Art Gallery. Having met him briefly on our footpath during the Chalk History project last week, I was keen to hear more from him. He is the Senior Curator of New Zealand and Pacific Art at the Gallery and his gentle retiring style did nothing to hide his erudite and lifelong knowledge of his field. His contribution to the accumulation and exhibition of the gallery's collection has been invaluable.
                                                                                     

                                                                                            Maori Boy by Rita Angus 1942

                                                             Nor' Wester in the Cemetery by William Sutton 1950

                                                                       On Building Bridges by Colin McCahon 1952