Peter Siddell

Sir Peter Graham Siddell KNZM QSO (31 July 1935 – 24 October 2011) was a New Zealand artist.

[1][2] The house was partially destroyed in Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023, and sold by the family.

While his works appear to be records of actual places, his paintings have a subjective component, and might be better described as magic realism than truly realistic.

The cityscapes and townscapes in Siddell's paintings are rendered empty, but with the unnerving suggestion of events occurring outside the picture area.

Siddell died in Auckland on 24 October 2011, months after the passing of his wife Sylvia.