Kōrero: Gardens

‘Garden at East Tamaki’

‘Garden at East Tamaki’

Albin Martin, one of New Zealand’s settler artists, established a farm at East Tāmaki, Auckland, in the 1850s. His painting of a garden, with its tall poplar trees, lawns and flower beds, depicts a scene resembling Britain or Europe much more than colonial New Zealand.

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki, Mackelvie Trust Collection
Oil painting by Albin Martin

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Maggy Wassilieff, 'Gardens - Early settler gardens', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/18864/garden-at-east-tamaki (accessed 5 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008