Kōrero: City images

Queen Street, Auckland (3 o 3)

Queen Street, Auckland

Jacques Carabain’s 1889 view of Queen Street, Auckland, is photographic in its realism. Buildings are faithfully reproduced, shadows suggest afternoon light, and even litter and street muck are portrayed. Urban views are relatively rare from this period as artists were more interested in ‘grappling with the picturesque trappings of forest or mountain than with the realities of the inner city'.

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki
Oil on canvas by Jacques Carabain

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:

Ben Schrader, 'City images - The city in art', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/25343/queen-street-auckland (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010