Douglas Badcock Oil on Canvas *Midsummer

The following auction is for an original oil on canvas by extremely well known and well respected New Zealand plein air artist, Douglas Badcock. Badcock is one of New Zealand contemporary heavy hitters that sits in the same league as McIntyre, Beadle, Deans, et cetera. He won the Kelliher Art Prize in 1965, 5 years after his first sell-out exhibition. He passed away in 2009 but has left a huge legacy behind including his three sons who are very well respected painters in their own right

Badcock painted New Zealand as he saw it during his travels through the country. His plein-air technique and preference is easy to see when regarding his pictures, including the following example. Midday/Midsummer, as it has been titled, displays all the hallmarks of being a scene captured in the spur of the moment. Beauty in landscape that is fleeting, a natural occurrence that is then recorded with the primary goal being to capture a stunning panorama as he will have seen it in that particular period. That sort of gift is rare and cannot be taught. Badcock quoted Picasso in this regard, 'I don't seek, I find'

There are three published books that I know of the artist. His paintings are very much sought after amongst collectors. Two of his paintings are held in the private collection of the Queen of England while one is held in the King of Thailand's private collection.

Signed to the lower left, 'Douglas Badcock'

Frame size: 47.5x38 cm Painting size: 38.5x29 cm

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