Pat Hanly
b. 1932d. 2004
Also known as:
- James Patrick Hanly
15 Artworks
Pat Hanly was born in Palmerston North. His artistic inclinations, apparent from an early age, included joining the Palmerston North Sketch Club and attending night classes at Palmerston North Technical College. He began studies at the University of Canterbury School of Art in 1952 and won the Turner Prize for Landscape the following year.
Hanly met the photographer Gillian Taverner in 1952 and, as a married couple, they moved to London in 1957 to attend the Chelsea School of Art. There Pat also worked as a stage manager at the Gargoyle Club. In 1960, he received a grant from the Italian government to paint in Italy where he worked on the Showgirl series, inspired by his time at the Gargoyle Club. The 1961 London exhibition of this series would constitute his first solo exhibition.
The Hanlys returned to New Zealand in 1962. Continuing his prolific practice, Pat also accepted a part-time lecturing position at the Auckland University School of Architecture. In 1966, he won the Manawatu Prize for Contemporary Art.
Completing several recognised public commissions, Hanly exhibited throughout New Zealand and internationally, representing New Zealand at the 1963 and 1966 Paris Biennales. A retrospective of his work toured New Zealand in 1974.
He frequently painted in series and much of his work was joyful and playful, it also reflected his social conscience - he was, among other things, an ardent anti-nuclear activist – and included his observations of his friends, family and politics.
In 2009, author Trish Gribben published Blast: Pat Hanly, The Painter and his Protests to educate children about Pat Hanly and New Zealand’s nuclear-free stance. This was distributed to every New Zealand primary and intermediate school library.
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Pat Hanly, ‘Rainbow Pieces’ (1972), Christchurch Town Hall of the Performing Arts, CBD, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aoteraroa New Zealand, 2021
- Associated Artworks
![Rainbow Pieces](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F5c166ff4497bab8e29c4a16ec8dc4e6484c372dc-865x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C108%2C865%2C865%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Rainbow Pieces
1972
Pat Hanly
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The Seven Ages of Man
1975
Pat Hanly
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Measure
1981
Peter Nicholls
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Workers on Construction Site
1982
Dick Frizzell
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Untitled Construction
1982
Don Driver
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Memorial to John Henderson Percy
1983
Pat Hanly
![Lithic Link](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F5c0d3cd5999d25be0805de29521a5de4f0a8c263-1692x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D306%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Lithic Link
1983
Rob Taylor
![Past in Perspective](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F81db97dc931eb3d7e38feeda53833a214e888efb-1456x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D188%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Past in Perspective
1983
Terry Stringer
![Tree of Knowledge](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F5c30e4f0e25a6ad77697dfdbcc686bf82feea3cf-1705x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D313%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Tree of Knowledge
1984
Philippa Blair
![A Degree of Celebration](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F163fe1b9ba9d9f328e1ec10c4927dcc39bf00d04-1676x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D298%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
A Degree of Celebration
1984
Carole Davis
![Four Directions](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F5de77ba6825036301c9cf61aced9502d095b09a4-1549x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D235%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Four Directions
1984
Carole Shepheard
![Mount Eden Landscape](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fedbe7827d7352116f9a584c51574459119ce3ef4-830x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C125%2C830%2C830%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Mount Eden Landscape
1984
Claudia Pond Eyley
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Untitled [Building 206]
1984
Malcolm Harrison
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Pat Hanly: Flying Colours with Intervention
1990
Claudia Pond Eyley
![Fire and Rainbow](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F698a68cf8fc3b3c56d71d64fc79341a77ca542b3-684x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C198%2C684%2C684%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Fire and Rainbow
1999
Pat Hanly