Don Peebles

[5] At age 15, he left school to work as a telegram boy for the New Zealand Post Office.

[1] In the early 1950s, Peebles returned from studying in Australia and moved back to New Zealand.

In 1960, he won a scholarship to study in London, granted by the Association of New Zealand Art Societies.

[7] It was in London that Peebles met constructivist painter Victor Pasmore, who became a friend and major influence.

[5] Peebles died of cancer in Christchurch in 2010, and was survived by his wife Prue and their three children.