John Barr Clarke Hoyte
John Barr Clarke Hoyte immigrated to New Zealand in 1860, settling in Auckland where he became Drawing Master at the Church of England Grammar School. Hoyte played a prominent role in the Auckland art scene and in 1870, co-founded the Auckland Society of Artists and sat on the Committee that planned the society's first exhibition in 1871. In 1875, after a difference of opinion with other committee members, Hoyte handed in his resignation, and moved to Dunedin with his family. From 1876 he exhibited with the Otago Art Society showing views of the Southern lakes and mountains characterised by distinct intense blue hues. Influenced by the English tradition of topographic draughtsmanship, Hoyte's delicate watercolours won popular acclaim for their romantic and picturesque qualities. Providing valuable historical records of the New Zealand landscape, Hoyte's work is represented in the public art collections of the Auckland Art Gallery, Aigantighe Art Gallery Timaru, Anderson Park Art Gallery, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Alexander Turnbull Library.
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