A selection of classic and recent books on New Zealand art:
Quick reference books
The following books are available in the quick reference section of the first floor of the Central City Library and selected community libraries. They are for use only in the library.
Dictionary of New Zealand biography
This standard New Zealand reference work includes post-humous biographies of established New Zealand artists. Lists of artists included can be found in the Categories Index at the back of each printed volume. The dictionary is also avalable online.
Kate McGahey
Concise dictionary of New Zealand artists: painters/printmakers/sculptors
An excellent quick reference source for New Zealand artists. Provides key biographical information and includes lists of New Zealand and international representatives.
Max Germaine
Artists and galleries of Australia and New Zealand
“A comprehensive biographical dictionary of who’s who of living Australian and New Zealand painters, sculptors. printmakers, art personalities, galleries, institutions, bodies and awards in the field of visual arts”
Una Platts
Nineteenth century New Zealand artists : a guide & handbook
One of the best resources on early New Zealand artists.
General art books
These books are able to be borrowed:
 Art New Zealand today : sixty exhibiting New Zealand artists
A visual introduction to 60 contemporary exhibiting artists throughout New Zealand. The book lists key biographical information and contact details for artists’ representatives. The generously illustrated text is supplemented by photographs of the artists. An excellent general overview of contemporary trends in New Zealand art.
Gordon Brown
New Zealand painting, 1900-1920 : traditions and departures
Gordon Brown
New Zealand painting 1920-1940 : adaptation and nationalism
Gordon Brown
New Zealand painting 1940-1960 : conformity and dissension
Warwick Brown
100 New Zealand paintings by 100 New Zealand artists
Features artists active 1950-95. Contains biographies and examples of their works.
Gil Docking
Two hundred years of New Zealand painting
Classic study of the history of New Zealand (European) painting. Includes additions by Michael Dunn.
Dream collectors : one hundred years of art in New Zealand
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum of New Zealand/Te Papa Tongarewa in 1988. Profiles selected significant artists and art movements of the 19th and 20th century.
 Michael Dunn
Contemporary painting in New Zealand
Focuses on artists active in the 1990's
Michael Dunn
New Zealand painting: a concise history
This new edition of Michael Dunn's classic study provides a comprehensive history of painting in New Zealand from colonial times to the present day.
Marti Friedlander
Contemporary New Zealand painters : Volume 1. A-M
In-depth profiles of contemporary artists and their works. Includes images of artists in their studios and selected idiosyncratic work environments. Regrettably, volume 2 (surnames N-Z) was never published...
Anne Kirker
New Zealand women artists: a survey of 150 years
New Zealand women artists from colonial times to the 1980’s.
Mataora : the living face : contemporary Maori art
This work, edited by Sandy Adsett, Cliff Whiting and Witi Ihimaera is “the most comprehensive artistic, cultural and political statement yet about the state of Maori art“. Profiles more than forty contemporary Maori artists working in a range of traditional and new media: carving, painting, sculpture, weaving, landcape art, multimedia and more. Includes coloured photographs of the artists and representative samples of their works.
Gregory O'Brien
Lands & deeds : profiles of contemporary New Zealand painters
Interview based profiles of 18 painters from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Francis Pound
Forty modern New Zealand paintings
A personal selection of paintings by artists active in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Laurence Simmons
The image always has the last word : on contemporary New Zealand painting and photography
New Zealand painting and photography at the turn of the millenium.
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