Eric Albert Lee-Johnson: A Pioneer of Surreal Landscape and Pacific Vision Born in the vibrant, multicultural hub of Suva, Fiji, in 1908, Eric Albert Lee-Johnson’s artistic journey was inextricably linked to his unique heritage. His early life, marked by a blend of Fijian, Australian, and potentially Tongan ancestry – tales whispered through generations – instilled within him a profound connection to the land and its people. Moving to New Zealand with his family in 1912, Lee-Johnson’s artistic talent quickly blossomed, nurtured initially by sympathetic teachers at Auckland's Elam School of A…