Pat Hanly

This article is about the New Zealand painter. For the American football player and coach, see Pat Hanley.

James Patrick Hanly (2 August 1932 – 20 September 2004), generally known as Pat Hanly, was a prolific New Zealand painter. One of his works is a large mural Rainbow Pieces (1971) at Chrischurch Town Hall.

Pat Hanly
Born	James Patrick Hanly (1932-08-02)2 August 1932 Palmerston North, New Zealand
Died	20 September 2004(2004-09-20) (aged 72) Auckland, New Zealand
Education	Canterbury College School of Art
Known for	Painting
Notable work	The seven ages of man, Torso

Early life

Born in Palmerston North, Hanly was educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School.^[1] His parents organised a hairdressing apprenticeship for him and he left school during 1948 without completing his fourth-form year.^[1] During this time Hanly took night classes and then enrolled as a non-diploma student at the Canterbury College School of Art in Christchurch in 1952.^[1] After completing his studies there, Hanly travelled to Europe,^[1] and attended classes at the Chelsea School of Art.^[2]

Career

Hanly returned to New Zealand in 1962, and accepted a part-time position teaching drawing at the University of Auckland School of Architecture.^[1] Hanly is one of New Zealand's most prolific artists.^[3] Hanly continued to paint until his retirement in 1994.^[4]

 

The restored mural Rainbow Pieces (1971) at Christchurch Town Hall, commissioned by Sir Miles Warren, photographed in 2019.

Major public commissions

Hanly completed a number of large public murals at Auckland Airport, the University of Auckland School of Architecture, and the Aotea Centre. Hanly was also responsible for the Peace Mural on the corner of Karangahape and Ponsonby Roads in Auckland. Hanly was also commissioned by Miles Warren to paint "Rainbow Pieces" for the Christchurch Town Hall in 1971.^[4]

Critical recognition

During his time at the Canterbury College School of Art, Hanly received the Turner Prize for landscape, open to students, in 1953.^[1] He won the Manawatu Prize for Contemporary Art four times (1963, 1964, 1966, and 1967).^[2]

In 1971 Hanly was one of ten artists chosen for the Ten Big Paintings exhibition to celebrate the opening of a new wing for the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.^[5]

His artwork is held in several New Zealand institutions including the collections of Te Papa,^[6] Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.i^[7] and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.^[8]

Legacy

The Pat Hanly Creativity Awards are an annual award for senior secondary school artists established in 2002. In 2021 there were 67 students from 35 schools that took part.^[3][9]

Along with artists Tony Fomison and Philip Clairmont, Hanly mentored the artist Fatu Feu'u in the 1980s to explore his Samoan culture in his artwork.^[10][11]

In 1998 Hanly and his family were interviewed for a television documentary about his life as an activist and painter called Pacific Ikon.^[12][13]

A survey book about his art Pat Hanly was published in 2012 was published by Ron Sang Publications.^[2]

Personal life

Hanly married Gillian (Gil) Taverner in 1958 and the couple had one son and one daughter. Hanly had another daughter in 1979, Amber, outside of his marriage.^[14] Gil took up photography in the late 1970s and became a photographer of note.^[15] Pat Hanly was an anti-nuclear activist who 'opposed French nuclear testing in the Pacific and visiting American warships' including painting anti-nuclear art.^[16] The New Zealand Who's Who listed his recreations as kite flying, sailing and Greenpeace.^[12]

Hanly died in Auckland on 20 September 2004, having suffered from Huntington's disease.^[12]

References

1. "Pat Hanly". Thearts.co.nz. from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
2. "Pat Hanly | Milford Galleries Dunedin". www.milfordgalleries.co.nz. from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
3. College, Liston. "Pat Hanly Awards (Art)". Liston College. from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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5. Hayley, Russell (1989). Hanly: a New Zealand Artist. Hodder and Stoughton. p. 167. ISBN 0340431296.
6. "Loading... | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
7. "Auckland Art Gallery". Auckland Art Gallery. from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
8. "Search | Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
9. "Supporting our future leaders - News". AUT. from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
10. "74. Fatu Feu'u". Cultural Icons. from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
11. "Loading... | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
12. Herrick, Linda (21 September 2004). "Battle against Huntington's over for artist Pat Hanly". The New Zealand Herald. from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
13. Screen, NZ On. "Pacific Ikon | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
14. "Pat Hanly". The Independent. 19 November 2004. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
15. Gifford, Adam (15 June 2013). "For the record". The New Zealand Herald. from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
16. "Anti-nuclear artists depict protest era". Stuff. 19 July 2012. from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

External links

• Biography of Hanly by Elizabeth Caughey
• Works in the collection of the Auckland Art Gallery
• Transcript of interview of Hanly by Hamish Keith