JAMES PEELE
James Peele was born in Australia, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1865, where he worked as a professional artist from 1889. Largely self-taught, Steele returned to live in Melbourne from 1889, returning to paint intermittently in New Zealand, exhibiting works that revealed the subtle relationship between land and sky.
Peele’s work is held in the collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand.
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