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1848 - 1926. Known for: Realistic style landscape painting from extensive travels.
Charles Blomfield is remembered chiefly for his paintings of New Zealand’s famous lost treasures, the Pink and White Terraces. He was an avid explorer and travelled all over New Zealand to paint and... Read full biography
Charles Blomfield is remembered chiefly for his paintings of New Zealand’s famous lost treasures, the Pink and White Terraces. He was an avid explorer and travelled all over New Zealand to paint and sketch the landscape. The Blomfields emigrated from England in 1863, settling in Auckland. Charles... Read full biography
Charles Blomfield is remembered chiefly for his paintings of New Zealand’s famous lost treasures, the Pink and White Terraces. He was an avid explorer and travelled all over New Zealand to paint and sketch the landscape. The Blomfields emigrated from England in 1863, settling in Auckland. Charles painted the scenery, but also found work painting and decorating houses. In 1874 he married Ellen Wild, a woman “of good pioneering stock.”. Blomfield loved to stroll through the native bush and it was... Read full biography
Charles Blomfield is remembered chiefly for his paintings of New Zealand’s famous lost treasures, the Pink and White Terraces. He was an avid explorer and travelled all over New Zealand to paint and sketch the landscape. The Blomfields emigrated from England in 1863, settling in Auckland. Charles painted the scenery, but also found work painting and decorating houses. In 1874 he married Ellen Wild, a woman “of good pioneering stock.”. Blomfield loved to stroll through the native bush and it was in the Coromandel that he began his career. When in Auckland, he loved to visit the Waitakere Ranges. Following a trip to Tronson Kauri Park, he wrote to The Herald:. “I have no hesitation in stating … that this bush contains the finest specimens of... Read full biography
Charles Blomfield is remembered chiefly for his paintings of New Zealand’s famous lost treasures, the Pink and White Terraces. He was an avid explorer and travelled all over New Zealand to paint and sketch the landscape. The Blomfields emigrated from England in 1863, settling in Auckland. Charles painted the scenery, but also found work painting and decorating houses. In 1874 he married Ellen Wild, a woman “of good pioneering stock.”. Blomfield loved to stroll through the native bush and it was in the Coromandel that he began his career. When in Auckland, he loved to visit the Waitakere Ranges. Following a trip to Tronson Kauri Park, he wrote to The Herald:. “I have no hesitation in stating … that this bush contains the finest specimens of the kauri in New Zealand, and saying that is equivalent to saying the finest specimens of the kauri in the world.”. Bl... Read full biography
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Charles Blomfield is remembered chiefly for his paintings of New Zealand’s famous lost treasures, the Pink and White Terraces. He was an avid explorer and travelled all over New Zealand to paint and sketch the landscape.
The Blomfields emigrated from England in 1863, settling in Auckland. Charles painted the scenery, but also found work painting and decorating houses. In 1874 he married Ellen Wild, a woman “of good pioneering stock.”
Blomfield loved to stroll through the native bush and it was in the Coromandel that he began his career. When in Auckland, he loved to visit the Waitakere Ranges. Following a trip to Tronson Kauri Park, he wrote to The Herald:
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