Ralph Hotere

Ralph Hotere was a New Zealand painter, sculptor and artist (1931–2013). He was born at Mitimiti and died at Dunedin.

Also recorded as Hone Papita Raukura Hotere; Hotere, Hone Papita Raukura.

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Formation and teaching

Ralph Hotere studied at Central School of Art and Design, Hato Petera College and Dunedin Teachers' Training College.

Recognition and collections

Ralph Hotere received Order of New Zealand, Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, honorary doctor of the University of Otago and honorary doctor of the University of Auckland. Work by Ralph Hotere is held by Auckland Art Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery, The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatū and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Identity

Ralph Hotere is recorded with the citizenship of New Zealand. Ralph Hotere is recorded as painter, sculptor and artist. Open Library catalogues 1 work under this name.

Activity and practice

Ralph Hotere is recorded as having studied at Central School of Art and Design, Hato Petera College and Dunedin Teachers' Training College.

Works and catalogued output

What Ralph Hotere produced.

Notes on the West Indies: written during the expedition under ... Sir Ralph Abercromby: including observations relative to the creoles and slaves of the western colonies and the Indians of South America: interspersed with remarks upon the seasoning, or yellow fever of hot climates / By George Pinckard. is dated 1816 and held by Wellcome Collection. Aramoana is dated 1981 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory C1994/1/133). Wikidata Query Service catalogues 32 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 2 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 1 work under this heading.

Context

The circumstances in which Ralph Hotere stands.

The mark of the bull (from the series ’Windows in Spain’) is dated 1978 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1978-0018-1). Cruciform II. From: Human Rights series is dated 1964 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1981-0074-2). not titled [abstract painting by Ralph Hotere] is dated 1963 and held by National Gallery of Australia (inventory NGA 2014.959). Vive Aramoana, pathway to the sea is catalogued and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1981-0045-2). Orange on black is dated 1968 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1982-0063-2). Test piece (B) is dated 1977 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1977-0016-2).

Black painting: Yellow/Violet/Indigo is dated 1969 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory 1970/2/5). Song cycle II is dated 1975 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1975-0031-1). Dawn/Water poem III (after Manhire) is dated 1985 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory 1985/35). Sangro Panel is catalogued and held by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (inventory MIDMA/FA/1454). Black Window - Towards Aramoana is dated 1981 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory C1994/1/78). Aramoana Nineteen Eighty Four is dated 1984 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory C1994/1/134).

Aurora is dated 1980 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1980-0072-1). Requiem, 1973 is catalogued and held by Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery (inventory 1977/24/1). The Seasons, Part I and II is dated 1975 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory 1976/36). Rangi is my ancestor is dated 1972 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory 2013/28/4). Ralph Hotere is also recorded as Hone Papita Raukura Hotere; Hotere, Hone Papita Raukura.

Reception

Ralph Hotere is recorded as having received Order of New Zealand, Frances Hodgkins Fellowship and honorary doctor of the University of Otago.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Ralph Hotere may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Ralph Hotere is established in the international name authorities as Social Networks and Archival Context w6fz1n50, Getty Union List of Artist Names 500109409 and Wikidata Q1568400.

Catalogued works

33 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1963 to 1999.

Aramoana, dated 1981, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory C1994/1/133. Black painting: Purple/Yellow/Indigo, dated 1969, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1970/2/2. Aurora Koputai, dated 1980, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1980/50/2. Lo negro sobre lo oro, dated 1992, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1993/20. Aramoana Nineteen Eighty Four, dated 1984, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory C1994/1/134. Black painting: Orange/Blue/Indigo, dated 1969, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1970/2/1. Black painting: Red/Green/Indigo, dated 1969, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1970/2/6. Dawn/Water poem III (after Manhire), dated 1985, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1985/35. Black painting: Green/Red/Indigo, dated 1969, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1970/2/4. Black Window - Towards Aramoana, dated 1981, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory C1994/1/78. Black painting, dated 1964, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1965/24/2. Avignon Painting, dated 1978, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory C1995/1/15. Incalescence, dated 1964, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 2011/6. Long Red Line, dated 1964, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory C2011/1/13. Black painting: Blue/Orange/Indigo, dated 1969, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1970/2/3. No Ordinary Sun, dated 1984, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 2013/16. Rangi is my ancestor, dated 1972, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 2013/28/4. Black painting: Yellow/Violet/Indigo, dated 1969, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1970/2/5. The Seasons, Part I and II, dated 1975, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory 1976/36. Godwit/Kuaka, dated 1977, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory C1997/1/1/1-15. Black Cerulean, dated 1999, held by Auckland Art Gallery, inventory C1999/1/9/1-4. Orange on black, dated 1968, held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, inventory 1982-0063-2. Song cycle II, dated 1975, held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, inventory 1975-0031-1. Cruciform II. From: Human Rights series, dated 1964, held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, inventory 1981-0074-2. Aurora, dated 1980, held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, inventory 1980-0072-1. Test piece (B), dated 1977, held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, inventory 1977-0016-2. The mark of the bull (from the series ’Windows in Spain’), dated 1978, held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, inventory 1978-0018-1. Vive Aramoana, pathway to the sea, held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, inventory 1981-0045-2. not titled [abstract painting by Ralph Hotere], dated 1963, held by National Gallery of Australia, inventory NGA 2014.959. Requiem, 1973, held by Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery, inventory 1977/24/1. Sangro Panel, held by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, inventory MIDMA/FA/1454. Black Stump, dated 1999. Ralph Hotere.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 5 named public collections.

Auckland Art Gallery: 22 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Gallery of Australia: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.

Hotere, Ralph, Oxford Art Online, 1996.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Ralph Hotere studied at Central School of Art and Design, Hato Petera College and Dunedin Teachers' Training College.

The field of work recorded is painting.

Work by Ralph Hotere is recorded in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery, The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery.

Distinctions recorded are Order of New Zealand, Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, honorary doctor of the University of Otago and honorary doctor of the University of Auckland.

Chronology

  1. 1454Sangro Panel is catalogued and held by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (inventory MIDMA/FA/1454).
  2. 1816Notes on the West Indies: written during the expedition under ... Sir Ralph Abercromby: including observations relative to the creoles and slaves of the western colonies and the Indians of South America: interspersed with remarks upon the seasoning, or yellow fever of hot climates / By George Pinckard. is dated 1816 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1931Ralph Hotere born at Mitimiti.
  4. 1931Ralph Hotere was born in 1931 at Mitimiti.
  5. 1963not titled [abstract painting by Ralph Hotere] is dated 1963 and held by National Gallery of Australia (inventory NGA 2014.959).
  6. 1964Cruciform II. From: Human Rights series is dated 1964 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1981-0074-2).
  7. 1968Orange on black is dated 1968 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1982-0063-2).
  8. 1969Black painting: Yellow/Violet/Indigo is dated 1969 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory 1970/2/5).
  9. 1969Black painting: Purple/Yellow/Indigo (Auckland Art Gallery).
  10. 1969Black painting: Orange/Blue/Indigo (Auckland Art Gallery).
  11. 1972Rangi is my ancestor is dated 1972 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory 2013/28/4).
  12. 1973Requiem, 1973 is catalogued and held by Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery (inventory 1977/24/1).
  13. 1975Song cycle II is dated 1975 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1975-0031-1).
  14. 1975The Seasons, Part I and II is dated 1975 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory 1976/36).
  15. 1977Test piece (B) is dated 1977 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1977-0016-2).
  16. 1978The mark of the bull (from the series ’Windows in Spain’) is dated 1978 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1978-0018-1).
  17. 1980Aurora is dated 1980 and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1980-0072-1).
  18. 1980Aurora Koputai (Auckland Art Gallery).
  19. 1981Aramoana is dated 1981 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory C1994/1/133).
  20. 1981Vive Aramoana, pathway to the sea is catalogued and held by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (inventory 1981-0045-2).
  21. 1981Black Window - Towards Aramoana is dated 1981 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory C1994/1/78).
  22. 1981Aramoana (Auckland Art Gallery).
  23. 1984Aramoana Nineteen Eighty Four is dated 1984 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory C1994/1/134).
  24. 1984Aramoana Nineteen Eighty Four (Auckland Art Gallery).
  25. 1985Dawn/Water poem III (after Manhire) is dated 1985 and held by Auckland Art Gallery (inventory 1985/35).
  26. 1992Lo negro sobre lo oro (Auckland Art Gallery).
  27. 2013Ralph Hotere died at Dunedin.
  28. 2013Ralph Hotere died in 2013 at Dunedin.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Hotere, Ralph, Oxford Art Online, 1996

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Ralph Hotere (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Ralph Hotere.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  4. 4.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1568400: Ralph Hotere

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  5. 5.

    “Ralph Hotere”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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