maxwell harold gimblett, a renowned new zealand and american artist, was born in auckland, new zealand in 1935. he is celebrated for his harmonious synthesis of post-war american and japanese art, which brings together abstract expressionism, modernism, spiritual abstraction, and zen calligraphy. early life and career gimblett's work was included in the exhibition the third mind: american artists contemplate asia, 1869-1989 at the guggenheim museum, and is represented in that museum's collection as well as the collections of the museum of modern art, whitney museum of art, national gallery of…