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Lithographic stone discovered in NZ by early surveyors
SS Waipara loading lithographic stone in Pawa Rika Harbor./Abbey Rocks. N.Z. Harrison & Sons, Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C. 159 x 213mm. Lithograph in tints (EPNZ 766). The scarce print shown here...
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How to photograph paintings to make perfect prints - a discussion with...
At the Beach, Auckland Artist: Simon WilliamsFine Art Canvas Print 450 x 320mmAuckland painter Simon Williams' first series of fine art canvas prints has just been published. These superb quality...
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1938 review - Rita Angus portraits "harsh and unpleasant", Cass "too plain...
In a delightful twist to a well worn narrative from NZ's art history NZ Art Print News discovers that the first critic to review Rita Angus's "Cass" heartily disliked the artwork that would become "New...
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How Robin White learned to make prints
Robin White Self-Portait PrintThis is me at Kaitangata | ScreenprintCredit: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki 1979/66In 1981 Dame Robin White was living near Dunedin at Portabello on the Otago...
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The Fishbomb Prints - Frizzell & Son street art collaboration
Just when you thought you had finally untangled NZ artists known as Frizzell (see our helpful Frizzell disambiguation article) along came Dick and Otis' street art collaboration, the so called...
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Postage stamps to wall art
"3d Huia" Stamp- prints now availableDesigners of historical NZ stamps are from the era of "craftsman printmakers" who until recently were routinely dismissed or ignored by art historians who saw...
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Printing & selling canvas prints - advice for NZ artists from Christchurch...
The trend for artists to reproduce their work as canvas prints either instead of or alongside traditional paper prints has (along with the migration from offset to digital printing) been one of the...
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Tony Ogle talks about his new print "Matapouri Window"
Tony OgleTony Ogle doesn't produce a lot of prints. Sure, viewed as a single collection created over several decades he has amassed an impressive body of artwork but it has actually been a six month...
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Stamp design to wall art (Part 2) - further discussion with artist Lester Hall
The release of historical NZ stamp designs (from the 1898 and 1935 pictorials), surprisingly effective in large wall art size - see our previous article "Postage Stamps to Wall Art" - prompted further...
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NZ Fine Prints shocked to lose our land in CBD rebuild
The release yesterday of the blueprint for the rebuild of Christchurch's central business district is great news for Christchurch, it's going to be a world class city to live and work in. However...
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Maori Art Design Prints from Menzies "Maori Patterns" released
This afternoon NZ Prints have released the first of a series of prints of traditional Maori art designs first collected by JH Menzies at the end of the 19th Century. Initially published in the NZ...
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NZ Street Art Series by Milton Springsteen
"Not So Square" by NZ street artist Milton SpringsteenNZ street artist Milton Springsteen's reworks of famous NZ paintings demonstrates more than a casual appreciation of NZ art history - as you can...
View ArticleXmas Gift Mailing Delivery Dates for NZ Prints
Making sure we deliver art prints purchased as gifts in time for Xmas is one of our most important jobs over the next couple of months at NZ Fine Prints.With Christmas falling on a Tuesday in 2012 our...
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Vintage Advertising Posters - Latest re-prints from NZ Fine Prints
Vintage NZ Fruit Label Poster "Packham's Triumph"With the outstanding sales success of NZ Fine Prints' series of vintage travel and tourism posters released over the past few years (see previous...
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Framed Prints emerge from our stockroom
NZ vintage poster. Wooden frame (black) $NZ 209.95Listed today were lots of new framed prints, a couple of one off picture framing examples and some clearance sale items. It's still just $20 delivery...
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The Art of early NZ Tourism "Selling the Dream" - Book Review
Selling The Dream: The Art of Early New Zealand TourismPublished October 2012 by Craig Potton Publishing, by Peter Alsop, Gary Stewart and Dave Bamford. 400+ pages with nearly 1000 images and 11...
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Lady Diana Isaac & her role in making Mickey to Tiki by Dick Frizzell NZ's...
The recent death of Christchurch businesswoman and philanthropist Lady Diana Isaac was acknowledged by New Zealand's prime minister, John Key, who said “Lady Diana’s contribution to Canterbury and New...
View ArticleThe Printing Process - Etching
This article is the first in an occasional series of posts about printmaking techniques, this time we look at answering the common question "What is an etching?".An etching is a print taken from a...
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First prints of Pat Hanly paintings for 20 years!
Print of Pat Hanly's 1988 Painting "Doing It"480 x 480mm image size $NZ69.95Just published and available to buy today from NZ Fine Prints are the first fine art reproduction prints of paintings by NZ...
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Sketches by Peter Arnold - original artworks or prints?
For many years New Zealand Fine Prints along with many other galleries and picture framers stocked prints of pencil sketches by NZ artist Peter Arnold. Arnold's drawings of popular places and...
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