E. Mervyn Taylor, 'Te kotuku rerenga tahi', 1949 - Print - wholesale Gallipoli from landscape to figuration to

from landscape to figuration to abstraction and an innovative use of painted text

as did the historian JC Beaglehole

giving the numerals the frond-like forms of the koru – a spiral motif found in Maori art

and researches Samoan traditional tattooing and the contemporary practice of this ritual

if such events could be depicted as reality in Florence or Siena

E. Mervyn Taylor, 'Te kotuku rerenga tahi', 1949 - Print - wholesale Gallipoli from landscape to figuration toErnest Mervyn Taylor was a wood engraver, painter, illustrator, sculptor and designer, born in Auckland in 1906. In the course of his career as a freelance artist, Mervyn was fascinated in his art with depicting Maori life and legends within his nationalist art movement. This movement sought to capture the particular qualities of New Zealands landscape and culture. Mervyn took on the role as being both an artist and communicator, for he wanted his art