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TitleCanterbury Township
DescriptionCanterbury Township is an oil painting of the northern entrance to Dunsandel by noted New Zealand artist Russell Clark (1905 - 1966). According to art historian Michael Dunn, it was painted in 1960 from a preliminary 1959 pencil and watercolour sketch called 'Dunsandel'.
Clark was a prolific modernist artist and sculptor who worked as an illustrator and lecturer as well as taking commissions. He served as an official war artist in WW2.
Colin McCahon and Doris Lusk were among many artists who attended Clark's art classes, and in turn Clark was influenced by the work of his colleague Bill Sutton and his friend E. Mervyn Tayor.
The painting also features on the cover of the 1979 Dunsandel Centennial Committee book 'South of the Selwyn (Dunsandel, Selwyn, Mead, Fyvie): a centennial digest' by Jack Mackie with illustrations by Julie Allan & Denise Sheat.Date1960SourceMavis and Stephanie Barnett
DescriptionCanterbury Township is an oil painting of the northern entrance to Dunsandel by noted New Zealand artist Russell Clark (1905 - 1966). According to art historian Michael Dunn, it was painted in 1960 from a preliminary 1959 pencil and watercolour sketch called 'Dunsandel'.Clark was a prolific modernist artist and sculptor who worked as an illustrator and lecturer as well as taking commissions. He served as an official war artist in WW2.
Colin McCahon and Doris Lusk were among many artists who attended Clark's art classes, and in turn Clark was influenced by the work of his colleague Bill Sutton and his friend E. Mervyn Tayor.
The painting also features on the cover of the 1979 Dunsandel Centennial Committee book 'South of the Selwyn (Dunsandel, Selwyn, Mead, Fyvie): a centennial digest' by Jack Mackie with illustrations by Julie Allan & Denise Sheat.
Date1960SourceMavis and Stephanie BarnettConnections
PlaceTe Atatiki a Te Wakaaro DunsandelImageMavis Barnett's reminiscences of early DunsandelMavis Barnett (nee Sheat) and Canterbury TownshipMore InformationRead more about Russell Clark, by Michael Dunn, in this 1975 exhibition catalogue from the Robert McDougall Art GallerySee the war art of Russell Clark at Archives NZ
ImageMavis Barnett's reminiscences of early DunsandelMavis Barnett (nee Sheat) and Canterbury TownshipMore InformationRead more about Russell Clark, by Michael Dunn, in this 1975 exhibition catalogue from the Robert McDougall Art GallerySee the war art of Russell Clark at Archives NZAttribution
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Canterbury Township (1960). Selwyn Stories, accessed 01/05/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/6610
