Manapouri: Art, Power, Protest
C D Barraud's 'Lake Manapouri looking towards Cathedral Peaks'
Charles Decimus Barraud, Lake Manapouri looking towards Cathedral Peaks, 1886, oil on canvas, Drawings, Paintings and Prints collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Reference: G-316
C D Barraud's 'Lake Manapouri looking towards Cathedral Peaks'
Wellington artist Charles Decimus Barraud (1822-1897) travelled widely around New Zealand, seeking scenes of picturesque beauty. He visited Lake Manapouri with his sketchbook in 1871. Through the 1880s he worked up many of these sketches into oil paintings.
Lake Manapouri looking towards Cathedral Peaks shows off the late-afternoon atmospheric effects Barraud is best known for. The sun breaks through heavy clouds. Rays of light pierce the dramatic environment where the towering Cathedral Peaks overlooks the majestic lake and rocky foreshore. This painting offers a clear expression of the artist finding the divine in nature.
This painting entered the Alexander Turnbull Library in very poor condition. It had dents, stains, punctures and tears. The exhibition 'Manapouri: Art, Power, Protest' provided an opportunity to have restoration work carried out on the painting. Barraud's landscape has now been restored to its full majesty.
Charles Decimus Barraud biography – Dictionary of New Zealand Biography website
Permission of the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of this image
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