Charles f goldie biography sampler

His father, David Goldie, was a prominent timber merchant and politician, and a strict Primitive Methodist who resigned as Mayor of Auckland rather than toast the visiting Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York with alcohol. His mother, Maria Partington, was an amateur artist and encouraged his artistic ability. Goldie studied art part-time under Louis John Steele,[1] after leaving school to work in his father's business.

A former Governor of New Zealand, Sir George Grey, was impressed by two of Goldie's still-life paintings that were being exhibited at the Auckland Academy of Art Steele's art society, of which Goldie was honorary secretary inand he talked David Goldie into permitting his son to undertake further art training abroad. Steele, who had been his tutor prior to his departure.

Charles f goldie biography sampler

Goldie and Steele parted ways not long afterwards and Goldie established his own studio, Steele apparently resenting the attention accorded to his former pupil. Most of these were chiefs visiting the Native Land Court. Some critics saw the fine detail in his paintings as evidence that he painted from photographs, which he did not. On 31 October Goldie travelled to Sydney, where on 18 November at the age of 50 he married year-old Olive Ethelwyn Cooper, an Australian by birth but a resident of Auckland.

They did not have any children. Goldie's health eventually deteriorated through lead poisoning from the lead white used to prepare his canvases. In order to create the finest of detail in his paintings, he would lick the end of his paint brush to ensure an even finer tip. This was a relatively common practice at that time. He produced little work in the s.

He stopped painting in and died on 11 July aged By Goldie found it difficult to locate suitable subjects, since many of his old models had died or were too old to sit for him, so he painted from photographs, or copied from earlier works. Inin response to calls for him to do more creative and original works, Goldie tried religious painting in the European tradition.

He later returned to New Zealand in poor health, probably due to a combination of alcoholism and lead poisoning from flake white — a product used to prepare canvases. As his reputation waned, he became embittered towards his critics and wrote long tirades against modern art, vigorously defending more traditional ideas. Goldie stopped painting in and died inaged seventy-seven.

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