Story: Auckland region

Real Auckland? (2nd of 2)

Real Auckland?

Peter Siddell is among New Zealand’s foremost landscape painters, working in a realist style. This work entitled ‘House and Cloud’ is highly evocative of Auckland, but does not depict an actual scene. Rather it is a distillation of landscape elements, composed to encourage viewers to see Auckland in different ways.

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Margaret McClure, 'Auckland region - Arts and culture', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/15919/real-auckland (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Margaret McClure, updated 1 Aug 2016