{"product_id":"rhona-haszard-an-experimental-expatriate-new-zealand-artist-by-joanne-drayton","title":"Rhona Haszard an Experimental Expatriate New Zealand Artist By Joanne Drayton.","description":"\u003cp\u003eRhona Haszard an Experimental Expatriate New Zealand Artist By Joanne Drayton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Canterbury University Press, 2002, first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftback in near new condition, no inscriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e160 pages, colour and b\u0026amp;w illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaszard was clearly talented, her paintings a form of modernism which was acceptable but also really rather lovely. She married an art teacher, Ronald McKenzie but, very soon after, met her nemesis: a relatively sophisticated, if opinionated, Englishman, Leslie Greener. Haszard was swept off her feet and out of her marriage, somehow overlooking how scandalous this would be, particularly in the socially moribund Christchurch of the period.\u003cbr\u003eHaszard and her new husband were eventually catapulted out of the country and went to France and England in search of fame and Art with a capital \"A\". What follows is an oft-told tale. \u003cbr\u003eTalented artist ekes out living in inclement city, usually on the borders of the famous and smart. He or she creates, against all odds, good art, but also suffers self-doubt and bad health. \u003cbr\u003eThe interesting thing is how deeply conditional Haszard's success was on being rebroadcast back home. This seems to me curiously like many contemporary New Zealand-born artists who have a modicum of success overseas but who are really kept alive by the response of the culture they were born into, despite their firm decision not to live \"at home\".\u003cbr\u003eHaszard had some success, both here and abroad. But eventually, at the astonishingly young age of 30, she \"fell\" from a tower and killed herself. A mystery still surrounds her death. Her marriage was unhappy, her own sense of self slippery. Really, in the end, what remains are her pictures - lovely, modern, clever, full of talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514116706551,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_5069_60a258c3-68e4-448d-8768-f0af0310b6d2.jpg?v=1771888924","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-ca\/products\/rhona-haszard-an-experimental-expatriate-new-zealand-artist-by-joanne-drayton","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}