Gottfried Lindauer

Portrait of William Smart

Portrait of William Smart by Gottfried Lindauer

Artwork Detail

Portraits by Lindauer are highly prized and valued, particularly as ancestral records. He worked from photographs, which accounts for why some portraits appear non-interactive. Indeed, Lindauer was commisioned to paint William's portrait after he was killed when a jigger was hit by a train while he was working for New Zealand Railways. William Smart was born in Woodville (Papatawa) where Lindauer lived and kept a studio.

Title
Portrait of William Smart
Artist/creator
Gottfried Lindauer
Production date
1914
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
787 x 667 x 50 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mrs Irene Patterson, 1956
Accession no
1956/5
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Department
New Zealand Art
Display status
Not on display

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