The atmospheric romanticism of John Gully and William Mathew Hodgkins was now dominant, and it replaced in popularity the precise topographical manner of J. These include major holdings of New Zealand historic, modern and contemporary art, and outstanding works by Māori and Pacific Island artists, as well as European painting, sculpture and print collections ranging in date from 1376 to the present day. I tuhia tēnei haurongo e R. D. J. Collins, ā, i tāngia tuatahitia ki Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau Ko te wāhanga , 1990. George O'Brien (1821-1888), an Irish architect and painter, came to New Zealand via Australia during the gold rush of 1863. O'Brien, George; Biographical details: Birth date 1821 Death date 1888 Birth place Newmarket-on-Fergus Birth country Ireland Death place Dunedin Death country New Zealand. Artist, draughtsman, architect, surveyor. Five minutes with Art: George O'Brien. View 103 art auction market results for artist George O'Brien (1821-88) and prices from the 1970s to 2020 for over 18,000 other Australian and New Zealand artists. George O'Brien is said to have been born at Dromoland Castle, County Clare, Ireland, and was baptised in the parish of Kilnasoolagh (Newmarket-on-Fergus) on 16 September 1821. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the largest art institution in New Zealand, with a collection numbering over 15,000 works. O’Brien was born in Ireland to an aristocratic but not wealthy family and appears to have trained as an architectural draughtsman before emigrating first to Australia and later to Dunedin in 1863. ca 1870] Date: 1870 - 1880 By: O'Brien, George, 1821?-1888; Campbell, … O'Brien was the only major New Zealand artist of his generation to take townscape, set within a broader landscape setting, as an important theme. In the 1880s there was a change in public taste, and O'Brien's work reflected this change.

Brown, G.H. While In Dunedin he worked as a surveyor and for architectural firms as well as pursuing a relatively successful artistic career. Date: 1982 By: O'Brien, George, 1821?-1888; Art Nouveau Publishing Company Ref: D-019-008 Description: View from a high point looking down onto Otago Harbour From original watercolour in Auckland City Art Gallery Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).... [Artist unknown] :[View of harbour with bay in foreground. & Keith, H. (1969 & 1988) An Introduction to New Zealand Painting 1839–1980 Auckland, NZ: David Bateman ISBN 0-908610-81-5. "O'Brien, George". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Collins, R. D. J. Art market auction sales from the 1970s to 2019 for 102 works by artist George O'Brien (1821-88), and values for over 18,000 other Australian and New Zealand artists.

He found work as a draughtsman and civil engineer, and began exhibiting with the Otago Arts Society.