Gretchen Albrecht
Ceremonial (mantle), 2023
acrylic on Belgian Linen -divided hemisphere
1225 x 2500mm
Damson, 2023
acrylic on Belgian linen -divided hemisphere
1000 x 2000mm
acrylic and oil on Belgian linen
1450 x 1450 mm
acrylic and oil on Belgian linen
1450 x 1450 mm
acrylic and oil on canvas
1000 x 2000 mm
acrylic and oil on canvas
1000 x 2000 mm
Coastal Edge, 2023
patina and oil on copper
175 x 350 mm
On the Cusp, 2023
patina and oil on copper
220 x 380 mm
Adrift in April, 2023
patina and oil on copper
175 x 350 mm
oil and patina on copper
220 x 380 mm
patina and oil on copper
175 x 350 mm
patina and oil on copper
200 x 400 mm
oil and acrylic on canvas
940 x 1830mm
oil and acrylic on canvas
980 x 1500mm
Cloud over Lake, 2007
acrylic and oil on canvas oval stretcher
980 x 1500mm
1810 x 2130mm
acrylic & oil on Belgian linen
Winged with Thunder, 2023
Acrylic & oil on Belgian linen
1810 x 2130mm
1335 x 1820mm
acrylic on canvas
Beneath the Sun's Golden Breath
acrylic & oil on canvas
1460 x 2000mm
oil and acrylic on canvas
1000 x 2000 mm
1250 x 2500mm
acrylic & oil on canvas
oil and acrylic on canvas
1225 x 2500 mm
Acrylic & oil on Belgian Linen
1500 x 3000 mm
acrylic and oil on Belgian linen
2500 x 5000 mm
Acrylic & oil on Belgian Linen
1500 x 3000 mm
Acrylic & oil on Belgian Linen
1500 x 3000 mm
Acrylic & oil on Belgian Linen
1500 x 3000 mm
oil and acrylic on canvas
900 x 1800mm
Acrylic and oil on canvas
1000 x 2000 mm
Soundings, 2021
oil and acrylic on canvas
500 x 1000 mm
oil and acrylic on canvas
500 x 1000 mm
500 x 1000 mm
oil and acrylic on canvas
acrylic and oil on Belgian linen
500 x 1000 mm
Wings (after Duccio), 2020
Acrylic on Belgian linen
275 x 550mm
acrylic on canvas
500 x 1000cm
oil and acrylic on canvas
1330 x 2130 mm
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
1320 x 2135 mm
acrylic and oil on canvas
1760 x 3000 mm
acrylic and oil on Belgian linen
1500 x 2700 mm
acrylic and oil on canvas
700 x 1200mm
Polymer photogravure etching on Somerset 200gsm paper
705 x 1125 mm
Edition of 30
Polymer photogravure etching on Somerset 200gsm paper
705 x 1125
edition of 30
Polymer photogravure etching on Somerset 200gsm paper
765 x 1095 mm
edition of 30
Polymer photogravure etching on Somerset 200gsm paper
705 x 1125 mm
Edition of 30
Gretchen Albrecht (b. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand) is one of this country’s preeminent abstract painters and her chromatic mastery is readily apparent in every work. Albrecht’s paintings combine formal, historical and ephemeral qualities, her sensuous colour palette and stained canvases acting as a generous counterpoint for rhythmic patterns of gestural movement, form and scale. The tactile quality of the work resonates strongly with Albrecht’s allusions to an inward sense of order engaged in a perpetually dynamic relationship with the underlying rhythms of a natural, mythological cosmos.
Albrecht has exhibited extensively in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally for over five decades. Her work is held in major Aotearoa New Zealand and Australian public collections, including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Waikato Museum; the University of Auckland; and Victoria University of Wellington. In 2000 Albrecht was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to painting. In 2002 Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki mounted the large-scale exhibition, Gretchen Albrecht: Illuminations, a 23-year survey of her hemispheres and ovals. She is the subject of several major publications, including, most recently, her monograph Between Gesture and Geometry, by Luke Smythe (2019) and reprinted 2023; and Colloquy: Three Essays, edited by James Ross with essays by Colm Tóibín, Linda Gill and Mary Kisler (2015). In November 2024 Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery will present Liquid States, a major survey exhibition examining works produced by Albrecht in the 1970s and 80s.