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Gottfried Lindauer : life of the artist and his works : 1839 Pilsen to Woodville 1926 / researchers and historians, Joan & Kevin McIntyre.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Woodville, New Zealand : Kevin & Joan McIntyre, 2018Copyright date: ©2017Description: 257 pages : colour illustrations ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780473413668
  • 0473413663
Subject(s): Summary: After 18 years of research and travels in New Zealand, Australia and the Czech Republic, Joan and Kevin have decided that it was time to compile this history of one of the foremost art recorders of New Zealanders through his portraiture. He is well known for his Maori portraits, but his unseen works of art, over half of them are of European settlers and these are mainly still in private collections hidden away from public view and therefore unknown at large.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Heritage & Archives Alexander Library | Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kauru Heritage Collections Reference - not for loan 759 LIN Reference Only T00801465
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"After 18 years of research and travels in New Zealand, Australia and the Czech Republic, Joan and Kevin have decided that it was time to compile this history of one of the foremost art recorders of New Zealanders through his portraiture. He is well known for his Maori portraits, but his unseen works of art, over half of them are of European settlers and these are mainly still in private collections hidden away from public view and therefore unknown at large... tells of his early life and art training in Bohemia, the Czech Republic and his work before coming to New Zealand; Lindauers arrival and 15 years of travels and commissions within New Zealand and the 36 years he lived in Woodville until his death in 1926. Also accounts of his family tours back to Europe with photos, post cards and letters all giving an insight to the life of this great NZ artist. Supporting this life story are newspaper articles of his advertising, travels, portraits and people, and a section on Woodvilles tribute to him. A section of this publication lists a timeline of his life, family, travels and nearly 400 portraits painted."-wheelers.co.nz.

After 18 years of research and travels in New Zealand, Australia and the Czech Republic, Joan and Kevin have decided that it was time to compile this history of one of the foremost art recorders of New Zealanders through his portraiture. He is well known for his Maori portraits, but his unseen works of art,
over half of them are of European settlers and these are mainly still in private collections hidden away from public view and therefore unknown at large.

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