LAURENCE WILLIAM WILSON (1851-1912),
Wick Mountains (993 m - 3,259 ft)
New Zealand
In Wick Mountains upper Arthur River, watercolor, TePapa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand
The mountains
The Wick Mountains lie between the Arthur, Cleddau, and Clinton
Valleys. This includes the peaks on the west of the Cleddau Valley, from
Mt Moir to Sheerdown Peak. That is where they are provisionally placed
on this site. The peaks near Homer Saddle – Mt Moir, Moir’s Mate, and
the Mateʻs Little Brother – contain a wealth of classic rock routes on
amazing diorite. The close proximity of this region to the road makes
the routes accessible as day climbs from Homer Hut. Many routes lie on
north to west faces, receiving their first rays of sun in the late
morning.
The painter
Laurence William Wilson emigrated
to Auckland in 1877 and then travelled extensively to settle in Dunedin
in 1884. He painted in both oils and watercolours, became a painting
companion of George O'Brien and a teacher. One of his pupils was the
Dunedin artist Alfred O'Keefe. In 1895, LW Wilson together with Grace
Joel, Alfred O'Keefe, Jane Wimperis and Girolami Nerli formed the Easel
Club , a breakaway from the Dunedin Establishment, which offered a
programme of special classes and the introduction of a professional lady
model for life drawing. In 1904 LW Wilson left Dunedin for Melbourne
where he spent 5 months on a commissioned painting of the city before he
set out for England, eventually returning to New Zealand via India and
Africa. He exhibited with the Canterbury Society of Arts in 1882 and the
Otago Art Society between 1994 and 1904. His work was included in the
NZ and South Seas Exhibition Dunedin 1889-90 and at the St Louis
Exposition in 1904. LW Wilson is represented in the collections of all
the major public galleries in New Zealand.
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2020 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau
