Early Life and Background Gottfried Lindauer, born Bohumír Lindauer in Pilsen (Czech Republic) on January 5, 1839, was a Czech and New Zealand painter whose artistic career would become inextricably linked to the history of Māori culture. His father, Ignatz Lindauer, was a gardener, shaping young Gottfried’s initial appreciation for botanical detail – an influence that would subtly permeate his later paintings. From 1855, he pursued fo…