Gottfried Lindauer

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Gottfried Lindauer on a self-portrait

Gottfried Lindauer , also known as Bohumír Lindaur or Gottfried Lindaur (born January 5, 1839 in Pilsen , Austrian Empire , † June 13, 1926 , Woodville , New Zealand ) was a Bohemian painter who became a New Zealander in 1881. He was best known as a portrait painter for his depictions of several Māori heads in New Zealand. His pictures are partially detailed documentations of the traditional clothing of the Māori, their jewelry, weapons and the Tā moko .

Life

Lindauer was born in 1839. From 1855 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Leopold Kupelwieser and Joseph von Führich . In order not to be drafted into the Common Army , he traveled to Germany in 1873 and emigrated the following year via Hamburg to New Zealand, where he reached Wellington on August 6, 1874 .

Lindauer died in 1926 and was buried in the Gorge cemetery in Woodville .

  • Portrait of Terewai Horomona without facial tattoo

  • Hinepare with facial tattoo

  • Paratene Te Manu with facial tattoo

  • Heeni Hirini
    (aka Ana Rupene) carrying a baby on her back

Exhibitions

The Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin showed the exhibition Gottfried Lindauer from November 20, 2014 to April 12, 2015 . The Māori Portraits , according to the museum, the first exhibition outside of New Zealand to showcase the artist's Māori portraits. The exhibition previously required the consent of the descendants of the people shown.

literature

  • Stewart Bell Maclennan : Lindauer, Gottfried or Bohumir . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 ( online [accessed December 17, 2015]).
  • Exhibition Gottfried Lindauer. The Māori-Portraits , November 20, 2014 - April 12, 2015, Alte Nationalgalerie, Museuminsel Berlin for the Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, in collaboration with the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki ed. by Udo Kittelmann and Britta Schmitz. ISBN 978-3-86335-630-9

Web links

Commons : Gottfried Lindauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maclennan : Lindauer, Gottfried or Bohumir . In: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . 1966.
  2. ^ Leonard Bell : Lindauer, Gottfried . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand , November 5, 2013, accessed December 17, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Lindauer, Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindaur, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian New Zealand painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Pilsen
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1926
Place of death Woodville (New Zealand)