[1] Frances Hodgkins' The Piano Lesson (gouache and watercolour, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki). Photo supplied. Previously unseen Francis Hodgkins paintings are hanging in Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.
The 20 paintings in "Frances Hodgkins: Colour and Light" date from the early 1900s. After their original owner died, they were uncovered in a forgotten folio by a Parisian dealer in 2007 and offered to the gallery.
The paintings show early experimentation with style and technique by the Dunedin-born painter.
"As the watercolours have never been displayed or exhibited, their colours are as brilliant as the day they were painted," says senior curator Mary Kisler.
"They not only show Hodgkins' finesse and skill in watercolour, but also include fascinating early experiments with oil." The exhibition ends in March 2012.
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