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James Peele BIOGRAPHY
1847 Geelong, Australia - 1905 Christchurch. Known for: Painting.
James Peele was the son of a pioneer settler, born in Geelong, Australia in 1847. He came to New Zealand in 1865 where he established a long banking career with the Bank of New Zealand. As manager of... Read full biography
James Peele was the son of a pioneer settler, born in Geelong, Australia in 1847. He came to New Zealand in 1865 where he established a long banking career with the Bank of New Zealand. As manager of the Rangiora branch he designed and saw built the structure that still stands there today. He... Read full biography
James Peele was the son of a pioneer settler, born in Geelong, Australia in 1847. He came to New Zealand in 1865 where he established a long banking career with the Bank of New Zealand. As manager of the Rangiora branch he designed and saw built the structure that still stands there today. He eventually took up painting as a profession and moved to Melbourne, Victoria, where he followed a course of teaching and painting. Some of his works have been secured by the Canterbury Society of Arts and... Read full biography
James Peele was the son of a pioneer settler, born in Geelong, Australia in 1847. He came to New Zealand in 1865 where he established a long banking career with the Bank of New Zealand. As manager of the Rangiora branch he designed and saw built the structure that still stands there today. He eventually took up painting as a profession and moved to Melbourne, Victoria, where he followed a course of teaching and painting. Some of his works have been secured by the Canterbury Society of Arts and are hung in the permanent gallery. Peele died in Christchurch in 1905 after a sudden stroke at the age of 59. On his death the Christchurch press wrote Peele was widely known in art circles and well respected - his pictures were distributed the world... Read full biography
James Peele was the son of a pioneer settler, born in Geelong, Australia in 1847. He came to New Zealand in 1865 where he established a long banking career with the Bank of New Zealand. As manager of the Rangiora branch he designed and saw built the structure that still stands there today. He eventually took up painting as a profession and moved to Melbourne, Victoria, where he followed a course of teaching and painting. Some of his works have been secured by the Canterbury Society of Arts and are hung in the permanent gallery. Peele died in Christchurch in 1905 after a sudden stroke at the age of 59. On his death the Christchurch press wrote Peele was widely known in art circles and well respected - his pictures were distributed the world over and he never had any difficulty selling them to tourists and distingu... Read full biography
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James Peele was the son of a pioneer settler, born in Geelong, Australia in 1847. He came to New Zealand in 1865 where he established a long banking career with the Bank of New Zealand. As manager of the Rangiora branch he designed and saw built the structure that still stands there today.
He eventually took up painting as a profession and moved to Melbourne, Victoria, where he followed a course of teaching and painting. Some of his works have been secured by the Canterbury Society of Arts and are hung in the permanent gallery. Peele died in Christchurch in 1905 after a sudden stroke at the age of 59.
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