Who painted Landscape with settlers?

Landscape with settlers was painted by Messenger Sisters.

Where can I see Landscape with settlers?

Landscape with settlers is held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Artwork

Landscape with settlers

Landscape with settlers is an oil painting by Messenger Sisters. It is held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

About this work

Overview

Landscape with settlers is an oil painting by the Messenger Sisters, currently held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Subject & Meaning

The painting depicts a colonial landscape, with two houses and a horse in the foreground, set against a backdrop of a forested mountain range with a snow-capped peak under a partly cloudy sky.

Technique & Style

The scene is rendered in oil paint, with the houses and tree stumps in the foreground detailed, while the background forest and mountain are more suggestive, creating a sense of depth.

Artist & collection

Artist

Messenger Sisters

These artists made quiet oil paintings of settlers in new lands. One of them shows a wagon under a wide sky, another has a cabin beside a river. Their work belongs to the 1800s when pioneers spread across North…