Melvin Day (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Melvin "Pat" Day, CNZM (born June 30, 1923) is a New Zealand artist and art historian. Day was born in Hamilton, New Zealand. At the age of eleven, Day began Saturday morning classes at Elam School of Art, University of Auckland, under the tuteleage of Archie Fisher, John Weeks, Lois White and Ida Eise. In 1939, he went on to study as a full-time student at Elam, graduating with a Preliminary diploma in fine arts two years later. Apart from a brief period at Auckland Teachers' Training College, Day spent the remaining war years in the New Zealand Army and then the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Due to his drafting abilities he worked on topographical and landscape views of the Matakana area and Mototapu Islands. He married Oroya McAuley in 1952 and lived and worked at that time in Rotorua. After a few years teaching and painting in the Rotorua area.