13 Facts About Pat Hanly

James Patrick Hanly, generally known as Pat Hanly, was a prolific New Zealand painter.

Pat Hanly's parents organised a hairdressing apprenticeship for him and he left school during 1948 without completing his fourth-form year.

Pat Hanly returned to New Zealand in 1962, and accepted a part-time position teaching drawing at the University of Auckland School of Architecture.

Pat Hanly completed a number of large public murals at Auckland Airport, the University of Auckland School of Architecture, and the Aotea Centre.

Pat Hanly was responsible for the Peace Mural on the corner of Karangahape and Ponsonby Roads in Auckland.

Pat Hanly was commissioned by Miles Warren to paint "Rainbow Pieces" for the Christchurch Town Hall in 1971.

Pat Hanly won the Manawatu Prize for Contemporary Art four times.

In 1971 Pat Hanly was one of ten artists chosen for the Ten Big Paintings exhibition to celebrate the opening of a new wing for the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.

Pat Hanly's artwork is held in several New Zealand institutions including the collections of Te Papa, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki.

Pat Hanly married Gillian Taverner in 1958 and the couple had one son and one daughter.

Pat Hanly had another daughter in 1979, Amber, outside of his marriage.

Pat Hanly was an anti-nuclear activist who 'opposed French nuclear testing in the Pacific and visiting American warships' including painting anti-nuclear art.

Pat Hanly died in Auckland on 20 September 2004, having suffered from Huntington's disease.