Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery

‘A marvellous book in every way’ — Kate de Goldi, RNZ

‘A fascinating history of an art institution and its place in a city … a handsomely illustrated and eminently desirable volume’ — Don Abbott, Art NZ

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‘Massey University Press and the Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery have pulled out all the stops’ — Bronwyn Labrum, New Zealand Journal of History

Martin Edmond was born in Ohakune and grew up in small North Island towns. He has an MA in English language and literature from Victoria University of Wellington (1977) and a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Western Sydney (2013). He travelled with avant-punk theatre group Red Mole in the 1970s, worked as a screenwriter in the 1980s and has, since the publication of The Autobiography of My Father in 1992, concentrated on the writing of non-fiction prose. His books about artists include The Resurrection of Philip Clairmont (1999), The Supply Party: Ludwig Becker on the Burke & Wills Expedition (2009), Dark Night: Walking With McCahon (2011) and Mortal Things, an unpublished biography of convict artist Joseph Lycett. He received the Prime Minister’s Award for literary achievement in non-fiction in 2013. After basing himself in Australia for many years, he moved recently to Japan, where he lives in Shinanomachi in the mountains of Honshu.

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