The Richard and Rhoda Potton Collection

31 March 2008

This was one of the finest collections of early New Zealand works of art in private hands.

The collection of long-time Nelson residents Dick and Rhoda Potton, was distinguished by its focus on South Island landscapes and included majestic watercolours by pre-eminent 19th-century artists Nicholas Chevalier, John Gully and John Barr Clake Hoyte. The collection also included portraits of Maori by Charles Frederick Goldie and Gottfried Lindauer and impressionist landscapes by Sydney Lough Thompson and Margaret Stoddart. A fine selection of English and Continental porcelain, furniture and furnishings from the Collection of Dick and Rhoda Potton was also represented in Webb’s Decorative Arts Sale on 3 April 2008.