$55.99
- Paperback
284 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2020
Summary
An exquisite piece of art publishing that showcases Bohemian artist Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand in 75 plates and detailed contextual essays.
From the 1870s to the early twentieth century, the Bohemian immigrant artist Gottfried Lindauer travelled to marae and rural towns around New Zealand and – commissioned by Māori and Pākehā – captured in paint the images of key Māori figures. For Māori then and now, the faces of tūpuna are full of mana and life. Now this definitive book on Li…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869409302 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869409302 |
| Author: | Ngahiraka Mason |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
| Imprint: | Auckland University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 284 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 1.38kg |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 311mm x 209mm |
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Critics Review
It’s a gorgeous book. Superlatives pale – it’s ravishing. – Andrew Paul Wood, NZ Listener
In 2016, the Auckland Art Gallery staged an exhibition of the Māori portraits by Lindauer and commissioned this book to accompany the event. While sometimes such publications are little more than picture books with captions, I was delighted to find this publication an extensive analysis of all aspects of the works. Here we can read the background, the setting, the sitter, the painter, the journey of the completed work and finally the place held by the painting among the people for whom it is taonga. – Kathy Watson, Booksellers NZ
Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand: The Maori Portraits is a stunning book. – Lyn Potter, Grown Ups NZ
About The Author
Ngahiraka Mason
Ngahiraka Mason was born and raised in Te Urewera and was Māori curator at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki from 1999 to 2015.
Zara Stanhope is principal curator at the gallery and has written a number of books, articles and exhibition catalogues. She has an MA from the Courtauld Institute.
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