90. James Peele 1846 - 1905
Milford Sound
Oil on board
30 x 46 cm
Signed & dated 1895
est. $1,500 - 2,000
Fetched $1,200
Relative Size: Milford Sound
Relative size

These four works by Australian born artist, James Peele (1846-1905) are returned to New Zealand from a United Kingdom collection of antipodean art. Peele was a member of the Victorian Society of Artists and taught in Melbourne and Adelaide. During the New Zealand summers Peele returned time and again to paint the West Coast Sounds. He died in Christchurch. Exhibited OAS and CSA 1881-87, NZ Industrial Ex Wellington 1885, Centennial Ex, Melbourne 1888-89, St. Louis Exposition 1904. Represented: CSA, Hocken, and National Library of Melbourne.

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