Kōrero: Painting

Girolamo Nerli, 'St Clair beach'

Girolamo Nerli, 'St Clair beach'

Italian-born Girolamo Nerli painted this oil of St Clair beach in 1895 during the three years that he spent in Dunedin. He had first come to the city in 1889 when nine of his paintings were exhibited in the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition. He returned in 1893, became an important art teacher, and painted a number of scenes around Dunedin, such as this one. They were usually painted outside, rather than in a studio, and, as in this example, were characterised by fluid brushwork and ochre colours that had elements of an impressionist style.

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Hocken Library, University of Otago
Reference: Acc. No: 95/74
Oil on canvas on board by Girolamo Pieri Nerli

Permission of the Hocken Library Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jock Phillips, 'Painting - New birth – the 1890s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/45875/girolamo-nerli-st-clair-beach (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 22 Oct 2014