Peter McIntyre, Kings Cross Sydney

Peter McIntyre (1910-1995) was a New Zealand painter and author who became well known as a result of his official role as a war artist during WWII. I first became aware of his work when I stumbled across a battered copy of his book “Peter McIntyre’s West” published in 1970 in an antique store. His depictions of the “West” were so different from what I was used to seeing, filtered no doubt from his own experiences of living in a country with its own version wide open spaces, stunning landscapes, and terrible relations with its indigenous people. It’s always fascinating to see your home through a visitor’s lens, even better when the impressions are translated through masterful brushstrokes.