Biography: McCahon, Colin John

Colin McCahon

Colin McCahon, photographed by art historian Gordon Brown at McCahon's Auckland home in 1968.

Using this item

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: O.039607

by Gordon Brown

Gift of Gordon H. Brown, 2012

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Gordon H. Brown. 'McCahon, Colin John', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47410/colin-mccahon (accessed 11 July 2026).