Louise Henderson: From Life

Publication details

290 x 245 mm, cloth hardback, French fold dust jacket, 256 pages, ISBN 978-0-86463-325-5

Author and/or Editor name/s

Felicity Milburn, Lara Strongman and Julia Waite with Christina Barton, Maria Lluïsa Faxedas, CK Stead and Linda Tyler

Author and/or Editor bio/s

Christina Barton is an art historian, curator and writer.

Maria Lluïsa Faxedas is a lecturer on modern art history at the University of Girona.

Felicity Milburn is lead curator at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.

C.K. Stead is a poet, novelist and critic.

Lara Strongman is director, Curatorial and Digital at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney.

Linda Tyler is convenor of the Museums and Cultural Heritage programme at the University of Auckland.

Julia Waite is curator, New Zealand art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Year of publication

2019

Publisher

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Abstract

In the story of New Zealand art, there’s no one quite like Louise Henderson.

A painter trained in embroidery and design. A French woman who found the freedom to be herself in New Zealand. A modernist who looked to European tradition for inspiration. And a pioneer of abstraction who remained engaged with the world around her.

The first substantial book on Henderson – and the only publication to illustrate artwork and archival material from across her seven-decade career – Louise Henderson: From Life connects this extraordinary artist with an international discussion about women modernists and confirms her importance in New Zealand’s visual culture.