Lot 1706

Description

Christchurch Photographic Society, struck in silver (45mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Awarded To/F.L.Casbolt/Winner/A Grade/Competition/1939'; Canterbury Centenary Medal, 1950, in bronze (50mm) (M&P.1950/4), reverse inscribed 'Presented To/F.L.Casbolt/Judge/N.Z. Salon of Photography/1950'; Wanganui Salon, 1961, Metcalf Medal, in gilt (45mm), by Vaughton (London), 'Awarded To/F.L.Casbott (sic)/A.P.P.S., A.P.S.A./For/Best Print'; The Photographic Society of New Zealand, in gilt (41mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '17th N.Z./National Salon/1968/Pictorial Colour/F.L.Casbolt/A.R.P.S., A.P.S.A.'; another, in bronze (41mm), reverse inscribed '21st/N.Z. National/Monochrome Print/F.L.Casbolt/F.R.P.S., A.P.S.A./1972'; also, 'The Amateur Photographer', c1930s, in bronze (82x82mm), no maker (probably by Vaughton, London), reverse inscribed 'F.L.Casbolt'; International Fotosalon Fotoring, Belgie, 1949 in bronze (50mm), no maker, unawarded; Australian Photographic Society, in bronze (79x53mm), uninscribed, in a fitted case by Amor Pty Ltd, Sydney, with silver plaque on front (50x40mm), inscribed 'Presented to/F.L.Casbolt A.R.P.S., A.P.S.A./in recognition of/his association with/the Fifth A.P.S. convention/as the first official representative/of P.S.N.Z./Melbourne 30th Sept.1967'. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)

Frederick Lennard Casbolt, son of Frederick William Casbolt and Margaret Emily nee Arkler, born 3 October 1896, Whangaporoa, died 5 July 1987 (aged 91), buried 8 July 1987, Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch.

Lennard Casbolt was a pioneering practitioner of Pictorialism, a photographic style that mirrors the effects of painting through dramatic use of light and composition, and via the evocation of mood. He was at the forefront of art photography in post-WWI New Zealand. His early painterly style gave way to photographs whose focus is sharper and whose subjects are urban. His long artistic career was influenced by dramatic shifts in taste, technique and technology.

During his lifetime Casbolt won many prestigeous awards, among his many acheivements he was made a fellow of the Photgraphic Society of America. His work has been exhibited internationally since 1932, his prints having been accepted for over 100 top salons throughout the world.

Together with a press article on Casbolt c1972.