Gottfried Lindauer
Gottfried Lindauer, was a Czech and later a New Zealand artist famous for his portraits including that of the Mori.
He was born Bohumr Lindauer in Plze , Western Bohemia, Austrian Empire His father Ignatz Lindauer was a gardener. His first drawing experience were plants and trees. From 1855 Lindauer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he took classes of Leopold Kupelwieser, Josef Fhrich and Professor Rohl. To increase his chances on the market, he decided to change his name from the Czech Bohumr to the German translation of his name Gottfried. From his studio in Pilsen he created paintings with religious themes for churches and painting frescoes in the Cathedral churches of Austria. His paintings attracted people, particularly the prominent people who were often the subjects of his paintings, including Bishop Jieschek, of Budweis, in Bohemia. After a sojourn in that city of eighteen months, he went to Moravia for three years.
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