Update 31 May 2022: After discussion with the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust New Zealand Fine Prints are pausing the sale of prints of McCahon paintings until some historical issues have been resolved to their satisfaction. This means as the current stock on hand of prints of paintings by McCahon sell out these titles will not be available to purchase until further notice. In recent weeks there has been progress in meeting the Trustees concerns and we think it is reasonable to expect that prints of paintings by this artist will be back "in print" again within a few months.
Back to the artist biography… You have found the place to buy all prints of paintings by Colin McCahon currently in print. New Zealand Fine Prints have delivered prints by the painter acclaimed as New Zealand’s most important artist promptly and in perfect condition anywhere in New Zealand or around the world even back before we started selling online through prints.co.nz back in 1999. Colin McCahon (1919-1987) was born in Timaru, his early life was lived in Dunedin where he studied at the Technical College. Moving to Nelson in 1939, Colin McCahon spent a decade in the area, where he and Toss Woollaston influenced each other's work.
After spending almost five years in Christchurch, Colin McCahon and his family moved to Auckland, where he worked at the Auckland City Art Gallery and was later appointed lecturer at the Auckland University School of Fine Arts. Characteristic of much of McCahon's work is religious symbolism, and the use of words in the painting; later the words became the whole painting.