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Haurongo: Wallwork, Elizabeth rāua ko Wallwork, Richard

Francis Shurrock (left), Richard Wallwork (centre) and James Cook (right)

Francis Shurrock (left), Richard Wallwork (centre) and James Cook (right)
Following his appointment in 1923 as modelling and art crafts teacher at the Canterbury College School of Arts, sculptor Francis Shurrock encountered opposition from the painter Richard Wallwork, who regarded sculpture as craft rather than true art.

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Canterbury Museum

Reference: 14180

Permission of Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Devon Sinclair. 'Wallwork, Elizabeth rāua ko Wallwork, Richard', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998, whakahou July 2011. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2344/francis-shurrock-left-richard-wallwork-centre-and-james-cook-right-0 (accessed 4 June 2026).