In 1929 an English immigrant to New Zealand, Christopher Perkins, saw the ‘marvellous light’ as the key to painting in the country. Two years later he used this approach in his oil painting of Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont) with a dairy factory in the foreground.
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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki
Oil painting by Christopher Edward Perkins
Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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