National Centennial Exhibition of New Zealand Art Catalogue
James Peele
James Peele
James Peele was born in Geelong, Australia, in 1847, and came to New Zealand in 1865. After retiring from a long banking career, he took up painting as a profession and removed to Melbourne, where he followed a course of teaching and painting. Some of his works have been secured by the Canterbury Society of Arts and are hung in the permanent gallery. He died in Christchurch in 1905.
242 PACK TRAIN, OCEAN BEACH (oil)
Lent by the Canterbury Society of Arts, Christchurch