National honours, 1935

Received King George V Silver Jubilee medal and OBE for services to art.

Goldie's mother was an amateur artist who encouraged his artistic ability

Goldie entered Auckland Grammar School (1883) & studied art

Studies included art and entered art competitions.

Aged 13 years, showed paintings at Sunday School exhibition, 1883

Exhibyted four water-colour paintings and received a special certificate.

Entered Industrial Exhibition, 1884

Won the first prizes for the categories of Paintings and Monograms

Annual NZ Arts Students' Association

Won second prize (letter of commendation) for 'Peke arero' m 1885

Annual Auckland Society of Arts

Won certificate (1886) and prizes in subsequent years, including First prize 1889.

Studied art part-time with tutor Louis John Steele

Steele had trained at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris.

Exhibited at Auckland Society of Arts, March 1891

For the category of still life in oil, Goldie received an honourable mention for his painting of schnapper & mullet.

Auckland Academy of Art, 1891 - hung the exhibits

Goldie "acted as secretary,- and I believe hung the exhibits, showing great taste in doing so.."

Auckland Academy of Arts, Dec 1891 & Sydney, 1892

Entered two still-life paintings (N.Z. Fish & N.Z. birds) which he also took to Sydney in Nov 1892 to exhibit.

Auckland Academy of Arts - Honorary secretary, 1892

Description of first Māori portrait (Hone Kawhena)

The portrait was sold to a private NZ collector for $733,000 in 2013

At age 22 enrolled at Académie Julian & École des Beaux-Arts, July 1893 - Jan 1898

Goldie's tutors included Bouguereau, Ferrier, Constant, Doucet, Baschet, Schommer, Bramtot & Duval.

Paintings at Academy had impressed Sir George Grey

Sir George Grey recommended to Goldie's father that his son undertake training abroad.

Visited Louvre, the Italian Galleries and elsewhere

Went to Great Britain (studied portraiture under Sir James Guthrie) , Belgium, Holland, Germany & Italy.

Sent paintings to Auckland Society of Arts exhibition, 1894

Won 1st prize for 'shaded study of a head from the antique' and the bronze medal for coming 2nd overall for monochrome.

Painted portrait inscribed 'A mon cher Roland, Paris 96'

Visited by brother William who was studying medicine at Edinburgh and interested in anthropology

Won Académie gold medal in 1896

Goldie won the Académie Julian's gold medal & prize of 75 francs for the "Torso", competing with 300 students.

Caricature self-portrait from a photograph (c.1898)

Drawn on the back of a letter from Paris, commenting sardonically about Paris and French menus.

Caricature self-portrait drawn on letter from Paris

Letter written to Grace Hesketh, commenting about French ideas of the primitive nature of NZ (c.1898).

Voyaged home from Paris on the Waihora

Ship arrived in Auckland on 29 August 1898.

Shared studio with former tutor Steele

Studio was on top floor of Hobson's Buildings in Shortland Street.

Louis John Steele (1842-1918)

Portrait of Steele, c.1908

Painting by Steele "Maori figures looking across an estuary" c.1899

Advert for French Academy of Art classes at their studio, 1899

Their studio also hosted the teaching institution - 'French Academy of Art'.

Advert for their Fine Art Exhibition, 1899

Palette used by Goldie for the painting

Through brother William's influence, Goldie interested in anthropology

Goldie met writer & historian James Cowan

Goldie collected newspaper articles written by Cowan and others on Māori issues.

Goldie's studio featured in 'New Zealand Illustrated Magazine' article, 1901

Augmented income by tutoring students

Goldie augmented his income from his paintings by taking pupils & teaching at the Ladies College, Remuera.

Four of Goldie's students won prizes, 1900

Auckland Society of Arts.

K. M. Ballantyne was pupil of Goldie

Supported fundraising for Auckland Art Gallery, 1903

Commissioned portraits

Sitters received a daily stipend, which was negotiated, and accommodation costs if travelled from out of Auckland.

Sitters sat draped in a cloak or a blanket and velvet

Most sitters were Chiefs from the Māori Land Courts who were introduced by barrister Roger McVeagh.

Auckland Society of Arts committee, 1901 - 04

Goldie presented a range of Pākehā & Māori portraits in 1900 and served on the Committee.

Goldie's father (Auckland Mayor) was Vice-President

Auckland Art Gallery Board

Goldie was appointed to the Auckland Art Gallery advisory board which was established in 1900.

Goldie stayed on marae & learnt fluent Māori

Mary Wharepapa helped persuade local Māori to sit

Combing whiskers of sitter

Goldie's sketchbook

Back at work in studio

Manuscript notes on paintings

Goldie in front of whare

Goldie's photograph album

Patara Te Tuhi

Patara Te Tuhi

Te Aho-o-te Rangi Wharepu

Te Aho-o-te Rangi Wharepu

Pipi Haerehuka

Pipi Haerehuka (Te Arani) (Ngāti Arawa)

Ahinata Te Rangituatini (Kapi Kapi) (Ngāti Arawa)

Wiripine Ninia (Ngāti Awa)

Pereira Te Kahukura (Ngaheke) (of Tuhourangi & Ngāti Whakaue)

Guide Sophia Hinerangi

Born in Kororareka (Russell) and became guide of the Pink and White Terraces at Lake Rotomahana.

Guide Sophia

Her mother was Kotiro Hinerangi (Ngāti Ruanui) and her father was Alexander Grey (or Gray) (Scotland).

Te Wharekaura Tahuna (Ngāti Manawa)

Te Wharekaura Tahuna

Te Wharekaura Tahuna

Te Hei

Tumai Tawhiti (Ngāti Raukawa, Te Arawa)

Tumai Tawhiti & Tikitere Mihi

With accompanying paperwork signed by Goldie.

Harata Rewiri Tarapata (Ngāpuhi)

Harata Rewiri Tarapata

Harata Rewiri Tarapata

Ina (also known as Ena) Te Papatahi (Ngāpuhi)

Ina Te Papatahi

Ina Te Papatahi

Ina Te Papatahi

Ina Te Papatahi

Ina Te Papatahi

Tamati Waka Nene (Ngāpuhi)

Tamati Waka Nene

Tamati Waka Nene

Aperahama Rairai (Ngāti Te Ata)

Tamihana Te Rauparaha (Ngāti Toa )

Anaha Te Rahui (Ngāti Tarāwhai)

Hori Pokai (Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Paoa)

Hori Pokai

Hori Pokai

Atama Paparangi (Te Rarawa)

Atama Paparangi

Ahinata Te Rangitautini (Tuhourangi)

Rutene Te Uamairangi

Painitng iInscribed: "A Kingite Warrior of Taupo, Forty Winks".

Rakapa - an Arawa Chieftainess

Thomson Wilson Leys

William Swanson

Subject was thought to be Rev. Dr John Kinder

C. L. Kerry

Photograph of painting highlighting more details

William Stratford Percy

Sir G. Maurice O'Rorke

NZ & Boer War, painted 1900

A drawing showing the defence of New Zealand Hill against the Boers

Religious painting "Christ child in the temple", 1911

"The Story of the Arawa Canoe" c.1938

Painted on the lid of a cigar box, it depicts an elderly woman and young child watching a model canoe.

Auckland Society of Arts, 1900

The painting 'Tamehana' offered to the Auckland Art Gallery, 1900

Society of Arts exhibition, 1901

"Darby and Joan" & "The Widow" presented to Lady Ranfurly, 1903

New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Oct 1903

Goldie and his pupil Miss M Wilhams exhibited paintings.

Nelson exhibition, 1904

Suter Art Society, 1904

Auckland Society of Arts, 1904

Accepted for "New Zealand Illustrated" Xmas issue 1904

A Warm Day" - "a work of colonial reputation and it is perfectly reproduced having received nine printings."

Auckland Society of Arts: 1905

Taranaki Exhibition, 1905

Gold medal at New Plymouth exhibition, 1905

Auckland Society of Arts: 1905

Suter Art Society, 1905

Auckland Society of Arts, 1907

NZ Academy of Fine Arts exhibition, 1909

Wanganui Arts and Craft Society Exhibition, 1911

Auckland Society of Arts, 1912

Otago Art Society Annual Exhibition, 1915

Otago Art Society's annual exhibition, 1915

Otago Art Society Annual Exhibition, 1916

Rumours started in 1913 that Goldie to leave NZ

Goldie gifted his palette, Oct 1920

Goldie gave it as a present: "To my friend Frank Pullen with best wishes from C.F. Goldie, Oct. 1920."

Goldie and his wife-to-be Olive depart for Sydney, 31 Oct 1920

Mongraphs owned by Goldie on art, Māori & Polynesian subjects

Goldie photograph album of wife Olive, c. 1930s

Photos of his wife Olive at his family's home "Maratea" at Lake Pupuke at Milford, North Auckland.

Cover design for proposed publication by James Cowan, 1935

The planned souvenir book of sepia reproductions to be titled 'The rangatira'" was abandoned by Goldie..

Goldie's work celebrated in 'New Zealand Illustrated Magazine"

Goldie's paintings were featured in various issues of the magazine.

Ensured images of people lived on forever

Pouropo Ngaropo (Ngati Awa) says Goldie was responsible for ensuring the image of Wiripine Ninia lived on forever.

Romanticised image of "Maoriland"?

Roger Blackley's book 'Galleries of Maoriland' (2018) explores how Pākehā, like Goldie & Lindauer, represented Maori.

Goldie's style and technique

Moko and Goldie

Goldie's visual art

Portrait 'Forty Winks' which depicts Rutene Te Uamairangi painted in 1939

Auctioned in 2010 for $573,000 which was a record price for a Goldie. Previous top price was $454,000 in 2008.

Portrait Kawhena painted in 1892

Auctioned in 2013 for $733,000

Bid to keep Goldie paintings in NZ, 2014

Portrait of Kapi Kapi "No Koora te Cigaretti" painted in 1917

Painting which depicts Ahinata Te Rangitautini, a revered tohunga of Tuhourangi, was auctioned in 2014 for $257,000

Owner of a Goldie painting applied to Minister of Culture & Heritage take it overseas, 2017

Newly discovered portrait of Kapi Kapi painted in 1918

Auctioned in 2018 for $456,800

Painting of "Hori Pokai - A sturdy, stubborn Chief" (1919) sold for $1.42 million, Nov 2021

Nurse Sibyl Carr had paid £30 for the painting as a gift for her husband after he returned home from World War I

Two digital images of Goldie at his easel & in studio sold for $51,250 & $76,250 on 1 Feb 2022

Buyer received NFT image, a framed print & the original glass plate negative taken between 1910- 1920 by Robert Farnell

Painting of Chief Kamariera Te Hau Takiri Wharepapa sold for $1.8 million, April 2022

Paintings damaged or destroyed by fire on board s.s. Tarawera, 1906

A large number of Maori pictures, including Goldie's "A Good Joke," were damaged or destroyed.

Poster depicting stolen paintings, 1973

Painting by Goldie stolen from a home in Mosgiel, near Dunedin, 1978

Goldie painting stolen in Hamilton, Dec 2020/Jan 2021

The painting 'Sleep 'tis a Gentle Thing' was later recovered by police

Karl Feodor Sim a.k.a. Carl F. (C. F.) Goldie (1923-2013)

Sim spent most of his life in Foxton.

Then sold work as homages rather than originals

Sim was guest of honour at inaugural 'Mangaweka Fakes & Forgeries Festival' (2007); & was a prize presenter in 2011.

Legally changed his name

After his conviction, Sim changed his name to Carl Feodor Goldie, to legally sign his paintings ‘C. F. Goldie'.

Painted 'legal' signature on shop front in Foxton

Sim died on 21 Oct 2013, aged 89

He had written the book 'Good As Goldie', (2003), later republished as 'C F Goldie and the Creative Art of Forgery'.

Sim's antique shop saved from demolition

In 2009, Simon Hill-Hayr bought the property to save it from demolition, & re-named it Goldie's Junk 'N Disorderly,

Painting by Owen Dipple

Painting by A. Cameron

Chair with carved image of Goldie painting "A Hot Day" on back

Caricatures, 1907

Caricatures, 1908

Centennial stamp 1940

Cartoon by Neville Colvin, c.1946-56

Cartoon alludes to is Charles Goldie and Louis Steele's 'The arrival of the Maoris in New Zealand'.

Cartoon, 2011

Musical play "The lady typist" (1906) - colour scheme designed by Goldie

Waiata "Dedicated to C.F. Goldie, Esq" [1904?]

Peter Dawes' play "Goldie" (1987)

Premiered at the Downstage Theatre, Wellington, Feb 1987. and was directed by Colin McColl.

Radio NZ interview with Art historian, Dr Roger Blackley (4 April 2019)