The Collection .
Collections, bequests and donations

Collections, bequests and donations

Image: Edward Collier, A Vanitas Still Life
oil on canvas, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Sir George Grey, 1887

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Julian & Josie Robertson Collection

This promised gift of 15 works of art to the gallery through its Foundation, from New York art collectors and philanthropists Julian and Josie Robertson, represents some of the major European artists of the modern era.
Thanksgiving Foundation

Formed in 1998 the Thanksgiving Foundation's intention is to build a collection of international master works.
Chartwell Trust

The Chartwell Trust is an independent body whose collection of approximately 981 works of New Zealand and Australian contemporary art has been acquired over twenty-five years, through the insight, enthusiasm and diligence of trustee Rob Gardiner.
E. H. McCormick Bequest

In 1995 Hodgkins' biographer, Dr E. H. McCormick, a pioneering historian of New Zealand art, left a valuable bequest to the Gallery
Colin McCahon and Frances Hodgkins

The collection of Colin McCahon's work grew through purchases, gifts from the McCahon family and a major bequest from the artist, who died in 1987.
The Ilene and Laurence Dakin Bequest

The 1994 Ilene and Laurence Dakin Bequest provided funds for the purchase of historical New Zealand art.
Dr Walter Auburn

In 1982 on the death of Dr Walter Auburn, print collector and valued adviser to the Gallery's prints and drawings department, the Mackelvie Trust received his magnificent collection of over one and a half thousand prints by Callot, Piranesi, della Bella and Hollar.
Private Gifts

Throughout the 20^th century the Gallery has benefited from gifts received from leading citizens.
Patrons of the Gallery

Under the leadership of Dayle Mace, the group's chairperson, The Patrons of the Gallery continue to benefit the Gallery's contemporary New Zealand art collection and its programmes.
Lucy Carrington Wertheim

Lucy Carrington Wertheim gifted 154 works by modern British artists to the Gallery in 1948, through her support of expatriate artist Frances Hodgkins.
The Edmiston Trust

In 1971 a further addition to the main building was opened, the Edmiston wing and sculpture garden, using funds bequeathed in 1948 by Auckland businessman, P. A. Edmiston.
Friends of the Gallery

From 1954 onwards a broad range of social and educational events in support of the Gallery were organised by the Art Gallery Associates
The Partridge Collection

The Partridge Collection of paintings of Mäori by Gottfried Lindauer was donated to the Gallery in 1915.
Mackelvie Trust

Mackelvie intended that the residue of his estate be used to build a gallery in Auckland in which his collection would be displayed.
James Tannock Mackelvie

In 1893 the gifts and bequests of James Tannock Mackelvie to the City of Auckland were displayed in the Gallery for the first time.
Sir George Grey

Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand from 1845 to 1853 and from 1861 to 1867, was the founding donor for Auckland's public library and its art gallery.