particular Mirrors in 1974 and Wardrobes in 1976. Clairmont was also admired for his drawing and print-making abilities and most exhibitions included prints and drawings included. At the beginning of Part 2 of Bruce Morrison’s film referenced below you can see Clairmont inking and pulling a print of Large Still Life with Objects. In 1984, shortly after his death, Clairmont featured in the exhibition Anxious Images: Aspects of New Zealand Art curated by Alexa Johnson for the Auckland City Art Gallery. In 1987, a survey show of Clairmont’s work was organised by the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui and toured New Zealand. Further reading The resurrection of Philip Clairmont, a biography of Clairmont written by Martin Edmond in 1990 and published by the Auckland University Press, was a finalist in the 2000 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Archive media In 1981 TVNZ made a two-part documentary profiling Clairmont. Director Bruce Morrison filmed Clairmont in his Mount Eden residence in Auckland. This documentary is freely available to view online. The Cultural Icons series includes a video interview by Hamish Keith of Martin Edmond, Clairmont’s biographer. It can be viewed online. References External links Photographic portrait of Clairmont by Marti Friedlander Philip Clairmont in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 1949 births 1984 deaths People from Nelson, New Zealand People educated at Nelson College 20th-century New Zealand painters 20th-century New Zealand male artists 1984 suicides Suicides in New Zealand Ilam School of Fine Arts alumni