Colin McCahon, 'The Angel of the Annunciation', 1947 - Print - wholesale nga tapuwae White graduated from the Elam

White graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts (University of Auckland

Print size: 596 x 802mm

Of all Māori personal adornments

through the eyes of those who work with these paintings

watercolour or gouache [watercolour mixed with opaque white paint]

Colin McCahon, 'The Angel of the Annunciation', 1947 - Print - wholesale nga tapuwae White graduated from the ElamCommenting on The Groups 1947 exhibition, in which these paintings were shown, critic and poet ARD Fairburn suggested that they might pass as graffiti on the walls of some celestial lavatory. 1 Fairburns assessment was far from typical of the reception of Colin McCahons work at this time. Poet James K Baxter wrote about it enthusiastically, as did the historian JC Beaglehole. Even reviewers who found McCahons paintings challenging were prepared to