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The McGregor Wright Gallery was an art gallery in New Zealand from 1879 - 2013,[1] one of the longest-running galleries in New Zealand. It was established by Mr. McGregor Wright in Dunedin, before being bought by Joseph Butler in 1906.[2] The gallery was based in Wellington for most of its history, but in the 1970s included a branch in Auckland.[3][4] It specialised in oil and watercolour landscape paintings.[5]

History

Portrait of McGregor Wright, 1904, New Zealand, by Christian Allers. Purchased 2022. Te Papa (2022-0030-1)

The gallery was established in Moray Place, Dunedin, in 1979, and moved to 1 Princes St in 1885.[2] A Wellington branch opened in 1888 at 129 Lambton Quay,[6][7] and the Dunedin branch closed in 1902.[8] (In 1906 Wright sold the business to Joseph Butler, and the business was run by Alexander Paterson until the 1930s, when Paterson's nephew Dick Osborne and his wife Phoebe took over. They sold the gallery to their daughter Nancye and her husband Gordon Cooksley, who ran the gallery until it closed in 2013.[2]) - this bit is the trickiest to find non-TP sources. Could just have in 1906 Wright sold the business. It was run by Gordon and Nancye Cooksley from the mid-20th century until the gallery's closure in 2013. and cite the gallery website...

The gallery was based at 115 Lambton Quay for over 50 years before moving to 26 Waring Taylor St in 1987.[9][2] The Cooksleys opened a Raumati branch in 1986, which was the sole premises after the Waring Taylor shop closed in 2001.[2][10][5]

The gallery celebrated its centenary at Turnbull House in July 1979,[11] and continued to celebrate its birthdays with special exhibitions until its 126th birthday in 2005.[12]

It also ran Fine Art Auctions covering a wider range of artists and artworks, including a work by Pablo Picasso.[13][14]

Artists

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, artists exhibited at the gallery included Frances Hodgkins, Dorothy Kate Richmond, James Nairn, C. F. Goldie, Petrus Van der Velden, C N Worsley, and Gwyneth Richardson.[15]

In the mid-1900s, artists included Nugent Welch and Rita Angus.[1]

The McGregor Wright Gallery maintained relationships with many professional New Zealand artists. [cite CA001396]. Post-1960, artists that regularly exhibited with the gallery include Douglas[16] and John Badcock,[17] David Barker,[18] Gaston de Vel,[19] Tom and Clark Esplin,[20][21] NZ war artists Peter McIntyre[22] and Ion Brown,[23][24] and Don Neilson.[25]

De Mensuris

  • metrological MS attributed to Apuleis
  • extant copies (describe)
  • editio princeps
  • stemma (mb? mine's pretty rubbish)
  • authorship controversy


cf. On Weights and Measures
  1. ^ a b "End of an era for McGregor Wright Gallery". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e "McGregor Wright history". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  3. ^ "Auckland Group Exhibition". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  4. ^ "Auckland UDC Exhibition". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  5. ^ a b "McGregor Wright Gallery". Wayback machine. 8 November 2002. Archived from the original on 8 November 2002. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  6. ^ "Art Dealers". New Zealand Times. 2 September 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  7. ^ Cyclopedia of New Zealand. The Cyclopedia Company, Limited,. 1897. p. 620.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  8. ^ "McGregor Wright Gallery". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  9. ^ "Artists and Exhibitions". The Dominion. 15 September 1943. p. 10.
  10. ^ McGregor Wright Premises, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CA001396/003/0029)
  11. ^ "Centenary Exhibition". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  12. ^ "Birthday Exhibitions: 105th; 110th - 126th". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  13. ^ "Fine Art Auction". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  14. ^ "Fine Art Auction". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  15. ^ Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 109 (6 February 1928). "Exhibition". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Douglas Badcock". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  17. ^ "John Badcock". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  18. ^ "David Barker". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  19. ^ "Gaston de Vel". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  20. ^ "Tom Esplin". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  21. ^ "Clark Esplin". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  22. ^ "$20,000 for McIntyres". Press. 30 April 1974. p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  23. ^ "Ion Brown". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  24. ^ "Obituary: Ion Brown, the sociable oil painter who became the Army's artist". NZ Herald. 2025-05-07. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  25. ^ "Don Neilson". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
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