Roy Cowan

**James Robson** "**Roy**" **Cowan**  (5 Janaayo 1918 – 17 Luulyo 2006) wuxuu ahaa dhoobo-sameeye, sawir-gacmeeye, iyo farshaxaniiste dhinaca daabacaadda ah oo u dhashay New Zealand. Xaaskiisa Juliet Peter waxay iyaduna ahayd dhoobo-sameeye, farshaxaniiste daabacaadda, iyo farshaxaniiste taallooyinka ah oo u dhalatay New Zealand.
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## Nolosha hore

Roy Cowan, oo ahaa wiil uu dhalay qoraaga reer New Zealand ee James Cowan, wuxuu ku dhashay Wellington 5-tii Janaayo 1918. Hooyadiis, Eileen, waxay ahayd gabadha uu dhalay turjumaankii iyo abtirsiinyo-yaqaankii Ngāpuhi ee Henry Stowell. Cowan wuxuu wax ku bartay Wellington College, wuxuuna markaas ka dib aaday Wellington Teachers' Training College, halkaas oo uu markii ugu horreysay kula kulmay farshaxaniiste Roland Hipkins, kaas oo saameyn ku yeeshay kuna dhiirrigeliyey hawlihiisa farshaxanka. Sanadihii 1940 ilaa 1945 wuxuu ka soo adeegay New Zealand Fleet Air Arm. Sanadkii 1952 wuxuu guursaday dhoobo-sameysada Juliet Peter.
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## Xirfadda

Cowan wuxuu bandhiggii ugu horreeyay ku qabtay French Maid Coffee House sanadkii 1947. Wuxuu kaloo bandhigyo ku qabtay xaruntii ugu horreysay ee casri ah ee farshaxanka lagu iibiyo ee New Zealand, taas oo ahayd Helen Hitchings Gallery oo ku taal Wellington.
​Sanadkii 1953, isaga iyo Juliet Peter waxay u safreen London, halkaas oo uu wax ku bartay Slade School of Fine Art isagoo adeegsanaya deeq waxbarasho oo ka timid Ururka Ururada Farshaxanka ee New Zealand. Wuxuu u shaqeeyay Waaxda Waxbarashada qeybta Daabacaadda Dugsiyada laga soo bilaabo 1955. Sannadkii xigay, wuxuu bilaabay inuu tijaabiyo dhoobo-sameynta, wuxuuna ka casilay Waaxda Waxbarashada sanadkii 1959 si uu u noqdo dhoobo-sameeye waqti buuxa ah.
​Wareysi lagu daabacay *Art New Zealand*, Cowan iyo Peter “waxqabadkoodii ugu muhiimsanaa ee casriyeynta” waxaa lagu sifeeyay “studio pottery (dhoobo-sameynta istuudiyaha) – iyada oo loo marayo dhoobo-sameyntooda, iyo ka qayb qaadashadooda majaladda *New Zealand Potter* oo ay gacan ka geysteen bilaabisteeda 1957.” Waxqabadkooda dhinaca dhoobada waa mid “muhiim ah” maadaama ay inta badan ka shaqeeyeen meel ka baxsan waxbarashadii baahsanayd ee Bernard Leach taas oo xoogga saaraysay dhaqamada dhoobo-sameynta ee Anglo-Oriental.
​Waqti ay aqoonta iyo isticmaalka foornooyinka saliidda ku shaqeeya ay ku xaddidnaayeen New Zealand, Cowan wuxuu dhisay oo uu tijaabiyey foornooyinka saliidda ku shaqeeya, isagoo caawinayay dhoobo-sameeyayaasha kale isla markaana gacan ka geysanayay aqoonta ballaaran ee dhismaha foornooyinka iyo gubiddooda. Sanadkii 1966 waxaa la siiyay deeq ka timid QEII Arts Council si uu u barto naqshadeynta foornada, geeddi-socodka gubidda iyo agabka.
​Cowan wuxuu u shaqeeyay QEII Arts Council iyo Waaxda Arrimaha Dibadda isagoo ahaa komishineer, diyaarinayay bandhigyo wareeg ah oo farshaxanka New Zealand ah oo loogu talagalay daawadayaasha caalamiga ah. Sidoo kale isagoo bandhigyo la samaynayay New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay Golaha sare ee akadeemiyadaas.
​Sanadkii 1999 Cowan waxaa lagu daray bandhigga *The Eighties Show* ee ka dhacay The Dowse Art Museum, kaas oo ahaa bandhig loogu talagalay farshaxaniistayaasha weli firfircoon markay jabaan sideetanada, oo ay ku jireen Doreen Blumhardt, John Drawbridge, Juliet Peter, iyo Avis Higgs.
​Shaqadiisa waxaa lagu soo bandhigay garabka Juliet Peter sanadkii 2014-kii gudaha The Dowse Art Museum ee bandhigga *A Modest Modernism: Roy Cowan and Juliet Peter*.
​Intii lagu jiray 1950-aadkii iyo 1960-aadkii Cowan wuxuu ahaa farshaxaniiste si joogto ah loogu isticmaalo daabacaado kala duwan oo ay soo saarto Dawladda New Zealand, gaar ahaan qaybta Daabacaadda Dugsiyada ee Waaxda Waxbarashada. Shaqadiisa sawir-gacmeedka iyo sawir-qaadista waxaa laga helaa Jornaallo badan oo Dugsiyada ah iyo Warbixinnada Dugsiyada ee xilligaas.
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## Sharafo

Sannadkii 1945, Cowan waxaa loo magacaabay Xubin ka tirsan Amarka Boqortooyada Ingiriiska (MBE) si loogu aqoonsado adeeggii uu ka soo qabtay Fleet Air Arm intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka. Sanadkii 1988, waxaa la guddoonsiiyey Abaalmarinta Farshaxanka ee Gudoomiyaha Guud (Governor-General Art Award) waxaana laga dhigay Fellow ka tirsan Akadeemiyada Farshaxanka ee New Zealand. Waxaa laga dhigay Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM), adeegyadii uu u qabtay dhoobo-sameynta awgeed, gudaha Sharafihii Sannadka Cusub ee 2000.
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## Ururinta

Shaqada Cowan waxaa lagu hayaa Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, The Dowse Art Museum, iyo Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.
​Wuxuu u sameeyay darbi weyn oo farshaxanka dhoobada ah (ceramic wall mural) bandhiggii 1970 World Expo ee ka dhacay Osaka, iyo darbi-sawireed u qeybta hore (foyer) ee Reserve Bank of New Zealand ee Wellington. Darbi-sawireed kale, oo la yiraahdo *Modern Madonna*, ayaa loo igmaday Wellington Cathedral of Saint Paul.
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