This year one work has been offered for sale. New Zealand artist John Edgar was born in 1950 and is a sculptor.
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Passed away on April 3 2021 peacefully at dawn.
. Very much loved and admired Sculptor Artist Environmentalist Brother Son. For more details visit - 1 year ago. Johno born December 26 1950.
Jon Edgar born 1968 British artist. A great loss for the Arts and a man who will be missed by many. Spanning a career of over fifty years John Edgar died on 3 April 2021.
John edgar is an internationally renowned new zealand sculptor working with stone jade metal and glass. His work investigates human interaction with resources in the modern world and is internationally recognised for its understanding of the ancient craft of stone working. 1 Cube Marble blue glass 1600 2 Cube Marble red glass.
Since 2007 the record price for this artist at auction is 30150 USD for Transformers No. John Edgar has been a sculptor since 1977. Birth date 1950 Death date 2021 Birth place Auckland Birth country New Zealand.
In 2004 Edgar installed a major commission at the Auckland Domain titled Transformer. Edgar has physically explored and selected individual stones from the great quarries of Scotland Australia and India and has also. John 1872-1957 was an American author artist and illustrator.
New Zealand sculptor John Edgar has achieved international renown over three decades pursuing the ancient knowledge of stone carving techniques in his travels to China Korea Taiwan and India. His skill and practice echo his strong connection and passion for the environment and for thirty years he has worked with stone to produce work that reflects this. John Edgar sculptor - New Zealand artist.
I was lucky to accumulate a wide variety of high quality jades before the proliferation of the greenstone souvenir in the 1980s saw large quantities of jades from the very best alluvial sources reduced to crude and meaningless trinkets. With a quiet elegance John Edgars work sits solemnly waiting to be warmed by human contact. For more details visit - 1 year ago.
Edgar sculpts natural stone into abstract compositions with a strong reference to visual texture. One of New Zealands finest self-taught artists John Edgar was a master of his craft. Latest breaking news articles photos video blogs reviews analysis opinion and reader comment from New Zealand and around the World - NZ Herald Wednesday 27 April 2022 NZ Herald Home.
John Edgar New Zealand b. We regret to inform you of the recent death of John Edgar Stephen McCLENAGHAN. Works by this artist.
John edgar is an internationally renowned new zealand sculptor working with stone jade metal and glass. John Ware Edgar 18391902 British colonial administrator in British India. On the occasion of the artists death in April 2021 this work was exhibited with this label.
Contemporary New Zealand Jewellery by John Edgar. Edgar has been slicing altering and reassembling banded stones since. Trained originally in geology Edgar has physically explored and selected individual stones from the great quarries of Scotland Australia and India and also prospected for stone.
Stone carver sculptor and environmentalist john edgar has been a central figure in stone carving since the early 1980s. The total number of works by John Edgar offered for sale by auction since 2007 is 26 of which 18 69 were sold. John edgar is an internationally renowned new zealand sculptor working with stone jade metal and glass.
Stone carver sculptor and environmentalist john edgar has been a central. All pages with titles containing John Edgar. Sculpture walks written for New Zealand Herald in September 2010.
His public sculptures are in the Auckland Domain Queen Street and Waitakere City Civic Centre. And its his activism that makes him particularly relevant to us here. Artist files held at.
The most recent article is Top ten. Artists Artworks Auctions Viewing Rooms Galleries Fairs Shows Museums NFTs. Acclaimed sculptor John Edgar has been exhibiting since 1979 including three New Zealand public touring exhibitions.
Edgar first became known for his pendants and medallions. He was awarded an Officer of the Order of Merit for New Zealand for his services to art. Working in stone for more than twenty years John is a master of his craft his technique and abilities outstanding.
Feb 24 2016 - Preeminent sculptor John Edgar has always retained strong links with and a passion for the environment. Edgar remained a passionate environmentalist all his life advocating tirelessly for the protection of the Waitākere Ranges near his Karekare studio in Auckland. John Stanley Edgar ONZM 26 December 1950 3 April 2021 was a New Zealand sculptor and medallist.
As a young boy John Edgar used an old knife he found to carve small objects from wood bone and pumice. A simple stone acquired a magical quality when he layered the centre with alternating slices of glass - a concept he later developed to a very large scale. Search INZART the University of Aucklands index to New Zealand art in journals and newspapers.
I II III sold by ArtObject in November 2021. John Edgar an expert of his craft is perhaps one of New Zealands finest self-taught artists. His practice brings into balance the components of concept material and process.
See all past shows and fair booths. The highest price recorded for the artist is 39468 for Transformers No. Though continuing to make jewellery and smaller stone pieces Edgar has become known as a sculptor of large slabs of stone.
He has travelled widely and his work is held in many collections. Famous for his illustrations for the nove - 1 year ago. Edgars works contrast stones by inserting.
Johnny Edgar 19362008 English football forward for Hartlepools United Gillingham York City and others in 1950s1960s. The New Zealand jade fields yield material equal in quality to any other source in the world. Pendant 2009 nephrite jade New Zealand 400.
EDGAR John Stanley Johno ONZM. His art and his activism emerged from a single integrated energy. Throughout his career he has pursued the ancient knowledge of stone carving techniques in his travels to China Japan Korea Taiwan and India.
New Zealand sculptor John Edgar has achieved international renown over four decades. CONTEMPORARY NEW ZEALAND JEWELLERY John Edgar EXHIBITION PROGRAMME ENQUIRY ARTISTS INDEX. Pounamu Kuru 440 Pounamu Kuru 340 Pounamu disc 640.
I II III sold at ARTOBJECT in 2021. John Edgar has been featured in articles for New Zealand Herald and ArtDaily. Medal Art New Zealand John Edgar from wwwmedalartnznz 1 early life and education.
John was a powerful environmentalist for the Waitakere Ranges in Aucklands west.
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