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Gordon Frederick Walters

Gordon Frederick Walters (1919 - 1995) was active/lived in New Zealand, Europe.  Gordon Walters is known for Maori culture themed artwork, painting, graphic design, illustration.

Gordon Frederick Walters (24 September 1919 – 5 November 1995) was a Wellington-born artist and graphic designer who is significant to New Zealand culture due to his representation of New Zealand in his Modern Abstract artworks.

Gordon Walters was born and raised in Wellington, where he went to Miramar South School and Rongotai College. From 1935 to 1939 he studied as a commercial artist at Wellington Technical College under Frederick V. Ellis.

Walters applied to join the army during World War II but was turned down due to medical problems. He took up a job in the Ministry of Supply doing illustrations. Walters traveled to Australia in 1946 and then visited photographer and painter Theo Schoon in South Canterbury, who was photographing Maori rock art at Opihi River.

This visit was central to Walters work as he began using Maori cultural themes in his painting. In 1950 Walters moved to Europe where he became influenced by Piet Mondrian, Victor Vasarely and Auguste   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2607 characters.]  Artist bio

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