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Leonard Bell
Leonard (Len) Bell taught art history at the University of Auckland for many years. His books include The Maori in European Art: A Survey of the Representation of the Maori by European Artists from the Time of Captain Cook to the Present Day (1980), Colonial Constructs: European Images of Maori 1840–1914 (1992), In Transit: Questions of Home and Belonging in New Zealand Art (2007), Marti Friedlander (2009), From Prague to Auckland: The Photography of Frank Hofmann 1916–1989 (2011), Jewish Lives in New Zealand: A History (co-edited, 2012), Strangers Arrive: Emigres and the Arts in New Zealand 1930–1980 (2017) and Marti Friedlander: Portraits of the Artists (2020).