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Taranaki

Taranaki depicts a co-operative dairy factory in Midhirst, the tiny farming community in north Taranaki. Christopher Perkins noticed the way the almost perfectly conical form of Mount Taranaki dominated the surrounding landscape.Aware of how the 19th-century Japanese artist Hokusai paid homage to Fujiyama, Perkins fuses elements of Japanese ukiyo-e design into his painting, flattening the forms into geometric planes and intersecting diagonal lines. His reduction of the scene to such simplified elements converts Mount Taranaki into a symbol of the region’s identity.See more detail about this artwork

christopher edward perkins (1891 – 1968)

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Title: Taranaki
Artist: christopher edward perkins
Year: 1931
Original dimensions: 91.0 x 50.0 cm
Format: Panoramic
Copyright status: Under copyright
Where to see it: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Main color: Rosy Brown
Color intensity: Balanced

Taranaki

christopher edward perkins (1891 – 1968)

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (Auckland, New Zealand)

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christopher edward perkins (1891 – 1968)

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (Auckland, New Zealand)

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