Tony Mackle
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Tony Mackle MA Art History (Auck), Diploma in Archives Administration is a New Zealand
Art historian
, curator
, and author with his specialist areas of knowledge and expertise being New Zealand and British art
in the period 1850-1950.
and was educated at St Peter's College
and the University of Auckland
Manager, Prints and Drawings at Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand. He completed a Masters degree in Art History at the University of Auckland in 1979, with a thesis on twentieth century New Zealand portrait painting. He became, in October 1980, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the former National Art Gallery of New Zealand where he first became responsible for the collections of paintings and works on paper which were transferred to Te Papa in 1997. In 1986 he developed a resource and research centre for the National Art Gallery. In 1992, Mackle became responsible for the works on paper collection which responsibility he continued when Te Papa opened in 1997. In this capacity Mackle has also explored printmaking
techniques and made his own prints.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Art historian
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
, curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
, and author with his specialist areas of knowledge and expertise being New Zealand and British art
British art
British art could refer to:* Art of the United Kingdom - post 1707* English art* Irish art* Scottish art* Welsh art...
in the period 1850-1950.
Early life
Mackle spent his childhood in AucklandAuckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
and was educated at St Peter's College
St Peter's College, Auckland
St Peter's College is a Catholic college for year 7 to 13 boys . The school, located in Auckland, is one of the largest Catholic schools in New Zealand and is an integrated school under an integration agreement entered into by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland and the Government of New Zealand in...
and the University of Auckland
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...
Career
Mackle is the long-serving CollectionsCollection (museum)
A museum is distinguished by a collection of often unique objects that forms the core of its activities for exhibitions, education, research, etc. This differentiates it from an archive or library, where the contents may be more paper-based, replaceable and less exhibition oriented...
Manager, Prints and Drawings at Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand. He completed a Masters degree in Art History at the University of Auckland in 1979, with a thesis on twentieth century New Zealand portrait painting. He became, in October 1980, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the former National Art Gallery of New Zealand where he first became responsible for the collections of paintings and works on paper which were transferred to Te Papa in 1997. In 1986 he developed a resource and research centre for the National Art Gallery. In 1992, Mackle became responsible for the works on paper collection which responsibility he continued when Te Papa opened in 1997. In this capacity Mackle has also explored printmaking
Printmaking
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
techniques and made his own prints.