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Kōrero: Contemporary Māori art – ngā toi hōu

Ko te whakairo, ko Arnold Wilson, i te tau 1964

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Arnold Wilson sculpture, 1964

Ko Arnold Manaaki Wilson (NZOM) o Ngāi Tūhoe te Māori tuatahi kia whiwhi tohu toi kairangi (fine arts) i te tau 1955. Nāwai rā i ana mahi kaiwhakairo uku ka whakaatu ia i tōna ao Māori, engari kawea tonutia e ia ngā tikanga toi o Ūropi i kaha kitea i ngā tau tōmua o te rautau 1900. I hangaia e ia tēnei whakairotanga i te tau 1964 e kīia ana ko ‘Woman towelling herself dry’.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: 1999-0009-2

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Contemporary Māori art – ngā toi hōu – Te tīmatanga o ngā toi hou, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/45356/ko-te-whakairo-ko-arnold-wilson-i-te-tau-1964 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, i tāngia i te 27 May 2014.