Rudolf Gopas

Rudolf Gopas (né Hopp, 13 December 1913 – 23 July 1983) was a New Zealand artist and art teacher. He was born in Šilutė, Germany (present day Lithuania). Gopas' works are held in the collections of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Christchurch Art Gallery and the Hocken Library.

His second wife was the radio broadcaster Airini Nga Roimata Grennell.

Gopas studied painting at the Kaunas Art School from 1933 to 1938. While studying, Gopas travelled in Germany, Austria, Italy, Latvia and Greece.

In 1953, Gopas left his wife and daughter in Dunedin and moved to Christchurch, where he worked for a photographic firm. He and his wife divorced in 1957. In Christchurch, on 25 November 1958, Gopas married the radio broadcaster Airini Nga Roimata Grennell.

In 1976, Gopas and his second wife separated, and in 1977 Gopas resigned from his teaching role at the university and travelled to Ehrwald, Austria. He quickly became disillusioned and returned to New Zealand.

Group Loan Show (1960), at the Christchurch Art Gallery.

Galactic Landscapes 1965 - '67 (1967), at New Vision Gallery, Auckland. This exhibition subsequently toured throughout New Zealand during 1982–1984.

Gopas and His Students: Gopas, Clairmont, Frizzell, Trusttum, Te Waru Rewiri (2002) at Ferner Galleries, Auckland.