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Bill Hammond (William Hammond) was born on 29 August, 1947 in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a New Zealand artist (1947–2021). Discover Bill Hammond's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

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Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 29 August 1947
Birthday 29 August
Birthplace Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of death 30 January, 2021
Died Place N/A
Nationality New Zealand

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1873

This was in reference to Walter Lawry Buller, the first New Zealander ornithologist who wrote A History of New Zealand Birds in 1873.

Hammond was particularly interested in the contradictions in Buller's life, in how he documented birds while being a hunter and taxidermist.

1947

William Hammond (29 August 1947 – 30 January 2021) was a New Zealand artist who was part of the Post-colonial Gothic movement at the end of the 1990s.

He lived and worked in Lyttelton, New Zealand.

The theme of his works centred around the environment and social justice.

Hammond was born in Christchurch on 29 August 1947.

He attended Burnside High School.

1966

He went on to study at the Ilam School of Fine Arts of the University of Canterbury from 1966 until 1969.

Before embarking on his career in art, he worked in a sign factory, made wooden toys, and was a jewellery designer.

He also had a keen interest in music, serving as the percussionist for a jug band.

1980

Hammond started to exhibit his works in 1980, and went back to painting on a full-time basis one year later.

1982

His first solo exhibition was at the Brooke Gifford Gallery in Christchurch in 1982.

1987

In March 1987 he showed for the first time at the Peter McLeavey Gallery in Wellington, an exhibition followed by over 20 others.

1989

Humans are notably absent from his works during the later part of his career, which was influenced by his visit to the Auckland Islands in 1989.

Two signature colors employed by Hammond were emerald green and gold.

He was also at the forefront of the Post-colonial Gothic movement.

This ultimately became "one of the most influential tendencies in New Zealand painting" at the turn of the 3rd millennium.

Hammond eschewed giving interviews and guarded his privacy.

He died on the evening of 30 January 2021, at the age of 73.

He was labelled as one of the country's "most influential contemporary painters" by Radio New Zealand.

1993

One of Hammond's best known work was the painting Waiting for Buller (1993).

1995

Another noted piece of his was Fall of Icarus (1995), which explores the effects of the colonisation on the country, and is exhibited at Christchurch Art Gallery.

The Guardian described this as "his most famous work".

2009

His painting Bone Yard, Open Home (2009) was the largest single piece of canvas he painted, with a width of more than four metres.

The overarching theme of Hammond's work was social and environmental issues.

Specifically, it touched on the imperiled state of both, as well as the destruction brought on by colonisation.

His paintings feature two common themes: references to popular music and gaunt creatures with avian heads and human limbs.

The characters in Hammond's paintings, which were often anthropomorphic animals, rarely move away from their natural habitat and are in no hurry.