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Alvin Pankhurst

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Alvin Pankhurst
Pankhurst in 2017
Born(1949-11-16)16 November 1949
Carterton, New Zealand
Died26 September 2024(2024-09-26) (aged 74)
Known forPainting
MovementRealist, surrealist
SpouseEphra Pankhurst

Alvin Ernest Pankhurst (16 November 1949 – 26 September 2024) was a New Zealand magic realist artist. He was the owner of two galleries of his art in the Auckland suburb of Parnell and at Pauanui on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Born in Carterton, Pankhurst became a full-time artist in 1969, starting with the Young Contemporaries Touring Exhibition and the finals of the 1970 National Benson & Hedges Art Competition. Pankhurst won the 1974 Benson & Hedges Art Award with the large tempera on board work Maybe Tomorrow, which was bought by the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.[1]

Pankhurst lived in Auckland, and died on 26 September 2024, at the age of 74.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Maybe Tomorrow," Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Alvin Pankhurst obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  3. ^ Royal Academy of Arts (London) 2001
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