• Leo Bensemann - "Rain in the Paradise Garden" Framed Print
  • Leo Bensemann - "Rain in the Paradise Garden" Framed Print
  • Leo Bensemann - "Rain in the Paradise Garden" Framed Print

    Leo Bensemann - Rain in the Paradise Garden Framed Print

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    Leo Bensemann Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1912, d.1986

    Rain in the Paradise Garden, Takaka

    In this companion painting to The Dolomite Madonna, the same marble fragment is placed in a mountain range, high above the mists below with scrubby bush and intimidatingly massive mountains beyond. Reminiscent of the bare rock tops of the nearby Arthur Range, elements of mountains surrounding Mohua Golden Bay have been brought together to represent Bensemann’s idea of a paradise garden.

    Leo Bensemann: Paradise Garden (14 September 2024 – 9 February 2025)

    Details of the rock (which survives) in this painting, how it was found and how it was used in this painting and in other drawings, appear on pages 168-170 of the book 'Fantastica: the world of Leo Bensemann' by Peter Simpson (Auckland University Press, 2011).

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