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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

2,725 works

Painting of a snow-capped mountain above a river valley, with sheep grazing on golden grass beside a dark cliff.

Mt. Sefton, from Hermitage

Charles Nathaniel Worsley, 1898

Oil portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a palette and brushes against a dusky backgrou

Portrait of the artist

George Dawe, 1810

Oil painting of a turquoise harbour below brown hills and a pale, cloudy sky, seen from grassy coastal foreground.

Wellington Harbour from Muritai

Claus Edvard Friström, 1910

Painting of rocky cliffs framing a calm green sea with two sailboats, one with a red sail, under a cloudy sky.

Finistère

Rhona Haszard, 1926

Painting of a seated nude woman seen from behind on a white cloth beside a calm river with trees.

A summer reverie

Painting of sheep and lambs resting in a sunlit meadow beside blossoming shrubs, with distant hills and trees.

Landscape

Joseph Denovan Adam

Painting of a woman in a patterned dress raising her arm in a room with floral wallpaper and a red cushioned chair.

Girl dressing

Harold Gilman, 1912

Painting of a seated grey-haired woman in a white lace-collared blouse, head resting on her hand, against a dark background.

Portrait of D.K. Richmond

Norman Garstin, 1903

Painting of a dim blacksmith's workshop with a glowing forge, two men, and a small child in the foreground.

Blacksmith's shop in Tinakori Road

James Nairn, 1895

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a teal dress and green beaded necklace against a stylised leafy backdrop.

Portrait of Mrs N.S. Falla

Mrs Mary Tripe, 1932

Young women arranging pink and red roses into boxes in a bright workshop with tall windows and wooden tables.

The Clerkenwell flower makers

Samuel Fisher, 1896

Painting of a shirtless man in dark shorts seated on a bentwood chair with arms crossed against a pale green background.

Untitled. [Man seated on a chair]

Elizabeth Berry, 1926

Hazy golden painting of a sailing ship at anchor in a calm bay, with white buildings and mountains in the distance.

Settlement at Port Ross, Auckland Islands

Charles Decimus Barraud, 1850

Small landscape painting of hazy hills and mountains above a sandy shore and blue water under a grey sky.

Hutt Valley

Tom Roberts, 1900

Loose painted landscape with a white-blossomed tree, rolling hills, a winding valley and a stormy sky in muted greens and blu

Cherry tree at 'The Croft', Bradford on Tone, Taunton

Frances Hodgkins, 1946

Painting of sheep grazing on a grassy riverbank below an eroded cliff and trees, with distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with sheep

Charles-François Daubigny, 1855

Painting of pink silica terraces descending to a lake, with a canoe of paddlers in the foreground and forested hills behind.

Pink Terraces

Charles Blomfield, 1882

Painting of three haymakers in hats with a rake in a sunlit field beside a haystack.

The haymakers

George Clausen, 1903

Painting of a farmhouse with red roofs among trees beside a hill and pale shoreline under a yellow sky.

Homestead, Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, no.2

Claus Edvard Friström, 1905

Fishermen working on a harbour quay at sundown, with moored boats, whitewashed cottages and warm evening light.

Fishermen at sundown, Audierne, Brittany

Terrick Williams, 1912

Loose impressionist oil painting of a sunlit beach crowded with women in pale dresses, children and red-clad figures under tr

La Plage de San Sebastian

José Villegas Cordero

Painting of cows grazing and drinking by a brook under large trees, with a stone bridge and a figure in the distance.

The brook

Bertram Priestman, 1911

Painting of a circular classical temple with Ionic columns, statues on top, robed figures on steps, and a tree at left.

The Temple of Diana

Giovanni Panini, 1740

Painting of a smiling blonde girl in a pale blue sunbonnet and pink dress against green foliage.

Girl in sunbonnet

Girolamo P. Nerli, 1897

Oil landscape of a snow-capped mountain over a fjord, with two figures by a campfire on a grassy bank at dusk.

Two swaggers boiling a billy of tea, Milford Sound

John Gibb, 1886

Oil portrait of an elderly white-haired man in a grey jacket smoking a pipe against a dark background.

Old age

Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo

Painting of three children in a window: a boy in a straw hat, a girl in blue, and a sleeping toddler in pink.

The sleepy model

Ruth Hollingsworth, 1912

Painting of moored wooden boats on a sandy shore, with a sailboat on a green bay and wooded hills behind.

Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island

James Nairn, 1896

Painting of a white cottage with a red roof below a hill with ruined stone towers, trees and a curving road.

Landscape Village beneath the ruins

Frederick Porter, 1915

Painting of a calm bay at sunset with a steamship, wooded headlands, and pink clouds reflected on the water.

Great Barrier Island