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Debbi Thyne, lecturer in art at the Waiariki Institute of Technology, will discuss Charles Blomfield and other colonial painters at a public talk at the Rotorua Museum today.

Landscape art has played an important part in our history, particularly with the promotion of New Zealand as an idyllic tourist destination.

PICTURESQUE: Charles Blomfield's painting of the Pink and White Terraces, Rotomahana - A Pair, 1883, which is part of the Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust Heritage Collection.

Ms Thyne will examine why landscape painting was such a dominant style in early New Zealand art and how our picturesque surroundings have been perceived by generations of artists.

Entry to the event is included with admission to the museum, which is free for Rotorua residents with proof of residency.

The talk starts at 6pm.