George Baloghy b. 1950
Works
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George BaloghyHuia, Judges Bay 1903, 2024Oil on canvas40 x 60 cm -
George BaloghyTakahē, Cornwall Park 1903, 2024Oil on canvas40 x 60 cm
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George BaloghyJudges Bay to City, 2015Oil on canvas61 x 101 cm
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George BaloghyMt Hobson to Rangitoto, 2022Oil on canvas75 x 150 cm
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George BaloghyMt Albert to City Pastoral, 2021Oil on canvas60 x 123 cm
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George BaloghyTorpedo Bay, 2023Oil on canvas66 x 120 cm
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George BaloghyMount St John to Mount HobsonOil on canvas70 x 150 cm
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George BaloghyThe Pines on Mt Eden to Mt St John, 2022Oil on canvas40 x 80 cm
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George BaloghyMt Eden North, 2019Oil on canvas30 x 90 cm
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George BaloghyMount Eden to One Tree Hill, 2022Oil on canvas65 x 120 cm
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George BaloghyCornwall Park to Upper HarbourOil on canvas65 x 120 cm
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George BaloghyMount Victoria to North HeadOil on canvas70 x 150 cm
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George BaloghyNorthern Slope, Mount Hobson, 2023Oil on canvas60 x 100 cm
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George BaloghySaint Marks ChurchOil on canvas40 x 80 cm
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George BaloghyTop of Mount Hobson to One Tree HillOil on canvas38 x 76 cm
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George BaloghyHahei from track to Cathedral Cove, 2010Oil on board40 x 58 cm
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George BaloghyMount Hobson to Mount EdenOil on canvas65 x 120 cm
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George BaloghyDevonport WharfOil on canvas66 x 101 cm
Biography
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Judges Bay to City, 2015
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Mt Albert to City Pastoral, 2021
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Torpedo Bay, 2023
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Mount St John to Mount Hobson
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Mount Eden to One Tree Hill, 2022
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Cornwall Park to Upper Harbour
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Mount Victoria to North Head
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Saint Marks Church
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Top of Mount Hobson to One Tree Hill
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Mount Hobson to Mount Eden
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Devonport Wharf
George Baloghy was born in Budapest in 1950 and emigrated as a child refugee to New Zealand in 1957. He is considered one of the foremost artists in New Zealand, frequently published and reviewed.
Baloghy lived in Auckland since graduating from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1977, however now lives and works from his studio at Hahei, Coromandel Peninsula. Over the past forty years his works have captured the history of Auckland City and suburbia – along with New Zealand landscapes and his “favourite place in the world” – Hahei.
Baloghy’s depictions of city landscapes, often painted with a quirky and ironic eye, could now be considered synonymous with Auckland’s visual identity. His paintings feature a quiet humour and focus on all details of the landscape, from the spectacular to the mundane.
His realism is unique in that it is not photographic likeness, but as he himself describes it, an “enhanced realism”. The distant details are sharper than they appear in real life, and the overall effect is slightly disconcerting. This is achieved by the subtle editing of elements within the composition, so that distant hills might be brought closer, or the middle distance completely erased. Nevertheless, the scenes essentially remain faithful to real life and are usually instantly recognisable.
Baloghy's scrupulous attention to detail challenges the viewer to engage with and explore the paintings, rather than merely glancing at mimetic reproductions of the landscape. His paintings are historic records, in that the scenes are highly specific in time and location and his most recent exhibition, ‘Urban Pastoral’ was held in ARTIS during April 2023.
ARTIS Gallery has been representing George Baloghy since 1993.
Exhibitions
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George Baloghy
Urban Pastoral 2 - 21 May 2023In this exhibition Baloghy focuses on the beauty and interplay between the built environment, the natural landscape and the harbour. It is done with the familiar eye of someone who knows the area intimately and whose personal life has evolved to the rhythm and pulse of the city. Baloghy has painted Auckland over many decades, recording its changes over time. New apartments and towers pop up and one could regard these paintings as a record of the evolution of Auckland. They are actually more than that – they are the story of an artist’s lifelong romance with his city.Read more -
George Baloghy
Colonial Dreaming 17 March - 5 April 2020Baloghy has created an alternative universe based around colonial life in New Zealand. It is an ideal and beautiful universe, both mocking and nostalgic. Like all faded memories it narrates...Read more
