How long has Duncan Darroch been painting for?

Answer 1

Duncan Darroch (1888-1967) was born in Otago, raised in Milton, and was a sailor in the 1920s working on Union Steam Ship Company coasters visiting every port in New Zealand and travelling to Canada and Britain, painting during his journeys. He studied at the Canterbury School of Art in 1922 under Archibold Nicoll although he was largely self taught. 1928 was a farrier and then a ranger at Mount Cook. He lived at Mt Cook from 1926 until his death. He painted mountains and seascapes in an impressionist style and is represented in the Aigantighe (Timaru), Dunedin, Forrester (Oamaru), Hawkes Bay, Hocken (Dunedin), McDougall (Christchurch), University of Canterbury Christchurch), Sutter (Nelson), Te Papa (Wellington) galleries and at the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre, Hermitage. Painted in oils. He bequeathed his chalet, Tighnabruaich, at Mt Cook, to the New Zealand Forest and Bird Protection Society.