death_date death_place birth_place training awards name honorific_suffix field birth_date article_title birth_name bgcolour
17 july 2006 wellington , new zealand wellington , new zealand wellington teachers ' college slade school of fine art mbe art award -lrb- 1988 -rrb- fellow of the new zealand -lrb- academy of fine arts -lrb- 1988 -rrb- 1945 -rrb- cnzm -lrb- 2000 -rrb- governor-general roy cowan nzl cnzm mbe pottery , printmaking , illustration 05 january 1918 roy cowan
 james robson cowan # 6495ed
roy cowan

james robson `` roy '' cowan -lrb- 5 january 1918 -- 17 july 2006 -rrb- was a new zealand potter , illustrator , and printmaker .
his wife juliet peter was also a well-known new zealand potter , printmaker and sculptor .
