Theo Schoon by sheer force of dedication

by sheer force of dedication he developed it into one of New Zealand’s leading museums and scientific institutions

to both Axis and Allied forces

at a time when his legacy is being newly appreciated

Much value is added in reading about the service of a particular New Zealander with an accompanying image to visualise them

Theo Schoon by sheer force of dedicationThe important biography of a significant figure in New Zealand art and culture migr artist Theo Schoon was fascinating, unorthodox, controversial, pioneering and at times reckless. His life intersected with important cultural periods and places, where what it meant to be modern in New Zealand was being debated and articulated in art, literature, music and theatre. The art he pioneered and promoted Mori rock drawings, the drawings of a psychiatric