This painting is about a boy called Hamiora Haupapa, he comes from the tribe Ngati Whakaue. This was painted in 1901. Charles Fredrick Goldie painted this while he was in Rotorua. Many of his family were subjects for Charles Goldies paintings. If this was my painting I would call it Maori Boy. The things that I recognize is the greenstone necklace and the flacke cloth. This photo reminds me of the movie Boy.
I hope that you become curious about the Maori People when you come and see our paintings. The Maori people are really important to New Zealand. Maoris are the native people of New Zealand. They battled the wild seas to get to New Zealand. This makes me wanna go find out about the Maori culture and what their traditions are.
My painting will be sold at the Art Gallery for Pt England School. The art gallery is gonna be from 9-7pm but on Friday its 9-3pm. Come and buy one of the fabulous paintings
Hi Waata,
ReplyDeleteYou are able to research interesting facts and apply them in a peice of writing. Next time, I would like to see you write an opinion of the painting. I'm interested to hear your view e.g. how does it make you feel? what do you think the painter was motivated by to paint this picture?