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Picturing the Mackenzie Country

Picturing the Mackenzie Country

Titled ‘Mackenzie Country’, this painting portrays the expansiveness of the plains. It was completed in the early 1950s by the South Canterbury artist Esther Hope.

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Christchurch Art Gallery - Te Puna o Waiwhetu

by Esther Hope

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John Wilson, South Canterbury places – Mackenzie Country, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/11442/picturing-the-mackenzie-country (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 2 March 2009, updated 17 August 2015.

Comments

Anthony Clifford
06 February 2011
I have a pastal painting of a lady in a white dress being rescued by a naked pink horned devil by the ocean side.A three mast ship in the back ground. In the forground are animals hidden in the bushes. E HOPE is inscribed on this 200mm*300mm. I would like to know about the artist, the year of the work.
Barbara Mickle
17 October 2010
We have a very old painting of MT Mckenzie,i would like to know more about it.