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The characters in Bill Hammond's paintings rarely move away from their natural habitat and are in no hurry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A miscellany of observable illustrations|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/bulletin/170/a-miscellany-of-observable-illustrations|access-date=2020-08-04|website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz}}</ref> The characters in Bill Hammond's paintings rarely move away from their natural habitat and are in no hurry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A miscellany of observable illustrations|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/bulletin/170/a-miscellany-of-observable-illustrations|access-date=2020-08-04|website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz}}</ref>

He is at the forefront of one of the most influential tendencies in New Zealand painting of the late 1990s, Post-colonial Gothic.


==Collections== ==Collections==

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Bill Hammond
NationalityNew Zealander
EducationIlam School of Fine Arts
Known forPainting

William (Bill) Hammond (born 1947 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand artist.

Hammond attended the School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury from 1966 to 1969, and has worked as a full-time painter since 1981 (in between times working as a toymaker). His paintings feature two common themes: references to popular music and gaunt creatures with avian heads and human limbs.

His best known work is probably the painting "Waiting for Buller" (1993 ), which refers to the ornithologist Walter Lawry Buller.

Hammond lives and works in Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Work

The characters in Bill Hammond's paintings rarely move away from their natural habitat and are in no hurry.

He is at the forefront of one of the most influential tendencies in New Zealand painting of the late 1990s, Post-colonial Gothic.

Collections

References

  1. "Hammond paints to own rare beat in Christchurch Art Gallery show".
  2. "Bill Hammond's private artistic vision". NZ Herald. 15 October 2000.
  3. "Bill Hammond: Something is happening here".
  4. "Christchurch artist Bill Hammond sells quake-damaged Lyttelton studio".
  5. Whitfield, Paul (September 2010). The Rough Guide to New Zealand. ISBN 9781405385480.
  6. Potts, Annie; Armstrong, Philip; Brown, Deidre (March 2014). A New Zealand Book of Beasts: Animals in Our Culture, History and Everday Life. ISBN 9781869407728.
  7. "Bill Hammond". 11 July 2017.
  8. Simmons, Laurence; Armstrong, Philip (2007). Knowing Animals. ISBN 978-9004157736.
  9. "A miscellany of observable illustrations". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  10. "Bill Hammond - Cornwall Road - Chartwell Collection of contemporary art".
  11. "Living Large 6".
  12. "Gladrap".
  13. "Loading... | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa".
  14. "Bill Hammond".
  15. "Art Collection > "Twirl"".
  16. "New Zealand art lands in V&A museum | New Zealand News UK".

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