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The Pink Terraces

Pink Terraces of Otukapuarangi, 1890, Charles Blomfield.

Charles Blomfield (1848–1926) painted the Pink Terraces four years after they were buried by the eruption of Mt Tarawera. His highly romantic paintings strove for an aesthetic ideal.

This image Appears In 2 Articles:

  • Meeting with Hongi Hika
    History of New Zealand painting
  • Tourist routes in 1902
    One hundred years of scenery preservation

Keywords

tourism
painting
scenery
tarawera eruption
volcanic activity
Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Artist: Charles Blomfield, 1890
Ref: G0597
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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'The Pink Terraces', URL: /media/photo/pink-terraces, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 9-May-2014

RELATED TO THE PINK TERRACES

Events in History

  • 10 June 1886

    Eruption of Mt Tarawera

Biographies

  • Rita Angus
  • Augustus Earle
  • Frances Hodgkins
  • Colin McCahon
  • George Butler
  • Sophia Hinerangi (Guide Sophia)

Articles

  • History of New Zealand painting
  • Rail tourism
  • One hundred years of scenery preservation

Community contributions

2 comments have been posted about The Pink Terraces

What do you know?

Jessica

Posted: 15 Jun 2009

they were the eigth wonders of the world

Anonymous

Posted: 23 Jun 2008

I believe this is the oil, the original of which spent many years on the end wall of the stairs of the Cosmopolitan Club, Wanganui. Blomfield's white terraces was there also.