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Kōrero: Painting

Gretchen Albrecht

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Gretchen Albrecht

Gretchen Albrecht stands in front of her work 'In a shower of gold'. Albrecht emerged in the 1970s with abstract works of acrylic paint which produced a flowing, translucent effect. Her work was reminiscent of New York abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler. In the 1980s Albrecht developed the semi-circular hemisphere shape, which was often divided in half, forming quadrants. Although geometric in concept, her paintings had a bright fluidity of colour which gave them a warmth and liveliness often lacking in purely abstract works.

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Gretchen Albrecht

by Gretchen Albrecht

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Jock Phillips, Painting – Abstraction, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/45901/gretchen-albrecht (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 4 July 2014.