Robert Nettleton Field
{{Short description|New Zealand artist, sculptor, potter and art teacher}}
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Robert Nettleton Field (3 March 1899–18 February 1987) was a New Zealand artist, sculptor, potter and art teacher. He was born in Bromley, Kent, England on 3 March 1899.{{DNZB|title=Robert Nettleton Field|first= Anna K. C.|last= Petersen|id=4f10|accessdate=23 April 2017}} Field was described as "a quiet man who has never sought publicity and makes the most
modest claims for himself."{{cite web|last1=Fraser|first1=Ross|title=Robert Nettleton Field|url=http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issues11to20/field.htm|website=Art New Zealand|accessdate=15 April 2017}}
Influence
Field was an influential teacher to Colin McCahon who was especially interested in Field's idea of finding one's 'direction' as an artist.{{cite book|last1=Alderton|first1=Zoe|title=The Spirit of Colin McCahon|date=2015|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|location=Newcastle-upon-Tyne|isbn=978-1-4438-7232-4|page=72}} McCahon stated, "The painter's life for me was exemplified by the life and work of R.N. Field."{{cite book|last1=Alderton|first1=Zoe|title=The Spirit of Colin McCahon|date=2015|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|location=Newcastle-upon-Tyne|isbn=978-1-4438-7232-4|page=89}}
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Category:New Zealand educators
Category:English emigrants to New Zealand
Category:20th-century New Zealand ceramists
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