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University of Otago

First floor stairwell (east), Information Services Building, near 640 Cumberland St, Main Campus, University of Otago, Dunedin North, Ōtepoti Dunedin

Daphne

Robert Nettleton Field, ‘The Holy Spirit’ (1970), Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2020

Holy Trinity Cathedral (Auckland)

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand & Polynesia

Above the Patteson Entrance of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, 446 Parnell Road, Parnell, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

The Holy Spirit

Robert Nettleton Field, ‘Madonna and Child’ (1975), Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Bishop Peter and Elizabeth Vaughan

Near the entrance to the Marsden Chapel within the Holy Trinity Cathedral, 446 Parnell Road, Parnell, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Madonna and Child

Born in Kent, England, Robert Nettleton Field studied at the Royal College of Art (London) alongside the likes of Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. He migrated to New Zealand in 1925, through the La Trobe Scheme, to teach at the Dunedin School of Art. Field moved to Auckland in 1945 where he promoted the study of ceramics resulting in a new generation of potters including Barry Brickell, Len Castle, Patricia Perrin and Peter Stitchbury.

Retiring in 1960, Field continued to experiment with art till his death in 1987.