Talk:Colin McCahon

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Source of claim of "first true art school"?

I note under the section "Influences" there is the following claim re Dunedin: "This was the first true art school in New Zealand." Doesn't the Canterbury College School of Art predate Dunedin substantially? Where does this claim come from? MurielMary (talk) 08:58, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Source of attendance at Dunedin School of Art

I note that it is currently stated that McCahon attended Dunedin School of Art 1937-9 and that after leaving Otago he attended King Edward Technical College Art School('King Edward'). However, the Wikipedia entry on 'King Edward' states it is in Dunedin, which is the principal city of the Otago region. In Simpson, Peter (2001) Answering Hark: McCahon/Caselberg: Painter/Poet. Nelson: Craig Potton Publishing. p.12 the beginning of McCahon's career is dated to the years at 'King Edward' in Dunedin, 1937-9 and the source given in Answering Hark is McCahon's essay 'Beginnings' in Landfall 80 (December 1966) pp 360-4