The Brider Bequest Collection

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The Brider Bequest Collection

Multiple Artists

Artwork details

Date	Unknown
Mediums	Mixed Media
Physical description	A series of art works collected by Mrs Marianne Brider of Cambridge and gifted to Council. Each artwork has its particular theme and mediums used.

Description

Marianne Estelle married a retired newspaper publisher Herbert Arthur Brider in Wanganui, 1944. They settled in Cambridge where she was a keen member of the Historical Society.

They resided in Thornton Road, then Bryce Street and finally in Grey Street. Herbert died in Cambridge, February 1955 and Estelle on 26th December 1959. They are both buried at Hautapu Cemetery.

Mrs Brider was the granddaughter of Rev Richard Davis who was sent to Aotearoa New Zealand, with his wife and six eldest children in 1824, by the church Missionary Society to become farmer to the Mission Station.

Mrs Brider bequeathed twenty-seven artworks to Council in 1960. It is the most significant collection within the Council Art Collection in terms of the number of works, the calibre of artists and the provenance coming all from one donor.

To view each art work and its information, click on the image which will open up to a larger image revealing the information.

Majestic in Defeat

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Majestic in Defeat

Pauline Smyth

Artwork details

Date	Circa 1960
Mediums	Oil on board
Physical description	A sailing boat in competition with its spinnaker open in choppy waters, framed.

Description

Pauline Smyth (1933-2013), was a local Te Awamutu artist married to the former Te Awamutu Borough Councillor, Jonas Smyth. The Smyth family were well known timber merchants, owning Smyth Brothers and Boryer’s Mill Te Awamutu.

This artwork was gifted to Council when Jonas was the mayor.

St Andrews

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St Andrews

Stephen Sims

Artwork details

Date	1976
Mediums	Oil on board
Physical description	Landscape painting of St Andrews church with Autumnal trees, framed.

Description

Stephen Sims is an Australian artist known for his works in oils and acrylics. Not much is known about the artist’s career or his connection to the Waipā.

It was presented to Council in 1997.

Ngaroma

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Ngaroma

Wayne Sinclair

Artwork details

Date	1975
Mediums	Oil on canvas
Physical description	A landscape of a row of houses with a horse in the foreground, framed.

Description

Wayne Sinclair is a self-taught local artist specialising in landscapes. He has won many major Aotearoa New Zealand Art Awards and his works are in collections around the world.

Sinclair was heavily involved in the local art scene in the Waipā, he opened his own art gallery in Cambridge in 1997.

This artwork was presented to Council by Waipā County Councillors.

Untitled Bernard Kowalak

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Untitled

Bernard Kowalak

Artwork details

Date	1998
Mediums	Oil on board
Physical description	An abstract triptych with triangles and three faces using bright colours, framed.

Description

Bernard Kowalak (b1951) has been a professor of visual arts for more than thirty years at the Eugene-Thomas College in Le Quesnoy, France. He has presented his works internationally including here in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This artwork was gifted from Senateur Maire Raoult and the people of Le Quesnoy, France. It was officially unveiled by the French Ambassador to Aotearoa New Zealand in the presence of the Governor General of Aotearoa New Zealand, Sir Michael Hardy-Boys and the then Mayor of Waipā District Council, John Hewitt on 16th February 1999.