Margriet Windhausen
“In my work I am exploring something of the fugitive feelings and emotions intrinsic to the human experience and with reference to images gathered over the years.” Margriet Windhausen
Margriet Windhausen is descended from a long line of Dutch
artists reaching back four generations to 18th century
religious painters. Her father was a painter and played a major
role in her early training. Margriet and her husband Paul van den
Bergh moved to New Zealand more than thirty years ago, settling in
Timaru with their children.
Margriet is a painter and sculptor, although perhaps better
known for her sculpture. Her work reflects her enjoyment of the
South Island lifestyle and is combined with her European artistic
heritage. Margriet made a substantial transition from the medium of
bronze to polychrome terracotta using a new method that she
developed herself. The terracotta female busts and decadent bronzes
capture an essence of romance.
Margriet was recently the subject of a retrospective exhibition
at Aigantighe Art Gallery and she exhibits throughout New Zealand.
Margriet has been awarded several major public commissions, such as
the Abel Tasman Memorial on Lambton Quay in Wellington and Kate
Sheppard Memorial in Christchurch.
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