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Biography: Welch, Nugent Herrmann

F. C. Burgess, G. S. Evatt and Nugent Herrmann Welch, at their camp near Cape Palliser lighthouse, about 1934

F. C. Burgess, G. S. Evatt and Nugent Herrmann Welch, at their camp near Cape Palliser lighthouse, about 1934

Artist and keen tramper Nugent Welch (right) was endlessly fascinated by the changing patterns of sea, sky and land to be observed on Wellington's coastline, and liked to camp in inspiring locations while painting.

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Tony Mackle. 'Welch, Nugent Herrmann', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2066/f-c-burgess-g-s-evatt-and-nugent-herrmann-welch-at-their-camp-near-cape-palliser (accessed 25 June 2026).