Gottfried Lindauer. Woodville Gorge Cemetery. Woodville. New Zealand.
S 40° 20.150 E 175° 49.960
60G E 400845 N 5534314
Gottfried Lindauer (1839-1926), was the most prolific and best-known painter of Maori subjects, in particular portraits, in the late nineteenth-early twentieth centuries.
Waymark Code: WM9DNA
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 08/06/2010
Views: 4
He was born in Pilsen, Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Despite his German-sounding surname, he was ethnically Czech and was initially named Bohumir. Professionally trained at the Academy Fine Arts in Vienna, he migrated to New Zealand in 1874.
Lindauer's first portraits of Maori were painted in Nelson. He met businessman, Henry Partridge (1848-1931), who over the next 30-plus years commissioned from Lindauer numerous portraits of eminent Maori, both living and deceased, as well as large-scale depictions of re-enactments of traditional Maori life and customs. The aim of the project was to create a pictorial history of Maori at a time when it was widely, though mistakenly, believed that Maori were dying out, either literally or as a distinct cultural group.
Description:
Gottfried (Bohumir) Lindauer was born on 5 January 1839.
The artist passed away in his sleep, as had been his wish on 13 June 1926 at his Woodville home. He is buried in the Woodville Historic Gorge Cemetery. His grave is marked by an arrow sign to help visitors locate it.
Throughout his career in New Zealand Lindauer produced many kinds of paintings, including portraits of settlers, European genre scenes and copies of old and nineteenth century masters; but he specialised in portraits of Maori.
Date of birth: 01/05/1839
Date of death: 06/13/1926
Area of notoriety: Art
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight hours.
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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