Stanley Palmer (artist)

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Stanley Arthur Palmer ONZM (born 1936) is a New Zealand painter and printmaker.

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Biography

Palmer was born near Thames in the Coromandel, New Zealand and studied at Dunedin Technical College in the late 1950s. Although he has become well known for his prints, his formative years were spent painting. In 1969 he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Art Council grant and in 1970 he quit his day job as an art teacher to become a professional printmaker and painter. Palmer lives in Mount Eden, Auckland. [1] [2]

By the late 1970s his printmaking repertoire included woodcuts, monoprints and bamboo engravings. The scenes he portrays mainly feature New Zealand coasts with themes of colonisation, conservation, humanity and the land. [3]

Palmer has had regular and numerous one-man exhibitions at leading galleries in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

His work is represented in the national art collection housed in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and also in most other New Zealand public collections including the Marlborough District Council, Auckland Art Gallery and the Christchurch Art Gallery. [12] [13] [14] [15]

In the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours, Palmer was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to fine art. [16]

Palmer is the author of several books including East [17] which includes 136 of his works including paintings, woodcuts, bamboo engravings and monoprints and To The Harbour which includes monoprints based on his childhood memories of the Manukau Harbour. [18]

Palmer travelled to Gallipoli in 2014 and created a number of artworks which were exhibited at Blenheim's Millennium Public Art Gallery in 2016 in an exhibition called 'Shall Be My Brother: Gallipoli Remembered'. [19]

Stanley Palmer was surprised to find out that he was named as a donor to the Labour party in 2017 as a result of a donation behind an "over-inflated" art auction. Stanley Palmer said "he was unaware he had been listed as a big party donor, but wasn't concerned by the disclosure". [20]

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  2. ↑ "The collections of a renowned artist". NZ Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ↑ New Zealand Fine Prints Ltd, Stanley Palmer , retrieved 1 November 2008
  4. ↑ Feeney, Warren (1 April 2022). "10 exhibitions to look out for in April". Stuff. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Get Cultured At Auckland's Best Art Galleries". www.theurbanlist.com. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. ↑ MCPHEE, ELENA (4 May 2016). "Millennium Public Art Gallery in Marlborough will host floor talk by artist Stanley Palmer". Stuff. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  7. ↑ Pardoe, Sharron (9 December 2020). "Print exhibitions few and far between in the city's galleries". Stuff. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Feeney, Warren (28 December 2018). "Ten 'must see' exhibitions in Christchurch in January". Stuff. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  9. ↑ Black, Eleanor (10 April 2020). "Bring it Home: art dealer Melanie Roger". Stuff. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  10. ↑ Amery, Mark (12 October 2019). "Deal with it: The Great Auckland Art Dealer Questionnaire". The Spinoff. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "10 must-see exhibitions to look out for in July". Stuff. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  12. ↑ Reporter, Chloe Ranford Local Democracy (1 March 2022). "Pictures tell story of multi-million dollar council art collections". Stuff. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Loading... | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  14. ↑ "Stanley Palmer". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  15. ↑ "Beside The Road - Karamea". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  16. ↑ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2001". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2001. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "East". Potton & Burton. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  18. ↑ "Stanley Palmer: To the Harbour - Te Uru". www.teuru.org.nz. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  19. ↑ MCPHEE, ELENA (4 May 2016). "Millennium Public Art Gallery in Marlborough will host floor talk by artist Stanley Palmer". Stuff. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  20. ↑ Pasley, Michael Wright, Brad Flahive and James (20 August 2017). "Artworks used to funnel secret donors' contributions to the Labour Party". Stuff. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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