caption resting_place movement death_date death_place birth_place nationality ethnicity field birth_date alt alma_mater spouse image article_title name death_cause
a -lrb- 2009 -rrb- pencil drawing of colin mccahon by allan mollison ashes zealand scattered at muriwai , auckland region , new modernism 27 may 1987 auckland , auckland region , new zealand timaru , timaru district , new zealand new zealander pākehā of irish descent painter 1 august 1919 a -lrb- 2009 -rrb- pencil drawing of colin mccahon by allan mollison otago boys ' high school anne hamblett -lrb- 1942-19 ?? -rrb- colin mccahon drawing.jpg colin mccahon
 colin j. mccahon korsakoff 's syndrome
colin mccahon

colin john mccahon -lrb- 1august 191927may 1987 -rrb- was a prominent artist in new zealand .
along with toss woollaston and rita angus , mccahon is credited for introducing modernism to new zealand in the early twentieth century .
he is regarded new zealand 's most important modern artist , particularly in his landscape work .
