Raymond Francis McIntyre: A Pre-Raphaelite Visionary Bridging Tradition and Modernity Raymond Francis McIntyre (1879 – 1933) stands as a singular figure in New Zealand’s artistic landscape—a quiet innovator who wrestled with personal challenges while simultaneously absorbing the transformative currents of European art at the dawn of the twentieth century. Born in Christchurch, his early life was marked by illness and introspection, ye…