- James Nairn
James MacLauchlan Nairn (1859 – 1904) was a
Glasgow -born painter who (along withG. P. Nerli ) strongly influencedNew Zealand painting in the late 19th century. He believed in Plein-air painting.Nairn emigrated from Glasgow to
Dunedin for his health in 1890. He moved toWellington in 1891, where he lectured on art and conducted classes for the study of the nude figure. He introducedImpressionism of the Glasgow school to New Zealand. He is the great great great uncle of Beth MacGibbon, currently completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design. There are portraits of his Mother and Father Inlaw, John and Jane MacGibbon in Tepapa, Wellington.A portrait of him by
Mabel Hill is in the [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=35834&coltype=art®no=1936-0012-76 collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.]References
* [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/N/NairnJamesMclachlan/NairnJamesMclachlan/en Biography in the 1966 "Encyclopaedia of New Zealand"]
* [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp Biography in "Dictionary of New Zealand Biography"]
* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d872.html Notes by Una Platts]
* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d1268.html "The Wellington Art Club" by Una Platts]External links
* [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search.aspx?advanced=colProProductionMakers%3a%22Nairn%2c+James+M.%22+colCollectionGroup%3aCH Works by James M. Nairn in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]
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NAME = Nairn, James MacLauchlan
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = painter
DATE OF BIRTH = 1859
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DATE OF DEATH = 1904
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