Robin White, 'Antai ae e mate? Who is dead? From the series: Sainimele goes fishing' - Print xmas the Great War

the Great War

recently encountered as tiny black and white illustrations in Thomas Bodkin’s 1945 book Dismembered masterpieces

The lines that link them hint at a pathway or journey – a recurring image in McCahon’s art

and old and new migrant makers and their works

who had ventured into the unfamiliar environment of Peter McLeavey Gallery in Wellington to see his art

Robin White, 'Antai ae e mate? Who is dead? From the series: Sainimele goes fishing' - Print xmas the Great WarRobin Whites hard edged paintings of rural New Zealand and its people are comparable with Don Binneys and Michael Smithers work, acknowledging their origins in the Regionalist movement paintings of the mid 20th century and the influence of artists such as Rita Angus. White graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts (University of Auckland, New Zealand) in 1968 and quickly established a reputation with paintings of well known culture heroes such as