Gretchen Albrecht (1943)

Professions: Painter

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  Gretchen Albrecht - Hemisphere Acrylic on canvas

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  Gretchen Albrecht - Horu of Plenty

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  Gretchen Albrecht Ruby Woo mixed media and collage

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Gretchen Albrecht Biography

(b Auckland, 7 May 1943). New Zealand painter. She studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, from 1960 to 1963 and subsequently travelled extensively in the USA and Europe. Her paintings are abstractions with a basis in nature, to which she alludes in her titles. An early and enduring influence on her work were the colour paintings of Helen Frankenthaler. Albrecht’s painting is distinguished by its strong colouring and feeling. Among her most important works are her Hemisphere paintings from a series begun in 1981, in which the canvases are semi-circular. An example is the Fire and the Rose (1984; Wanganui, Sarjeant A.G.). Since 1989 Albrecht has been working on an oval format and has introduced a deeper, more reflective tone to her paintings. Her work is represented in public art galleries in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin and in private collections worldwide.

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