Artist. Born and educated in Hamburg; trained as a lithographer and performed on the stage. Lived winters in Capri and the summers at Karlsruhe. With two friends, he travelled East, completing a round trip of the globe 1897-1898. Wrote and published an illustrated article "Rund um die Erde" (see a copy of part of this in the Artists' File in Drawings & Prints). Among his other publications were 'Club Eintracht'(Unity Club) in 1888, an album on Bismarck in 1889, an album of drawings titled 'Capri' in 1892, and an album of drawings 'Under the German flag' in 1900. Left Europe for Samoa in 1902, changing his name to William Andresen, having escaped from Naples, after being sentenced for homosexual relationships with local boys. He spent the next 13 years mostly in New Zealand and Australia. At the outbreak of war in 1914 returned home for a passport and other identification papers. After a delay in Switzerland, he reached Karlsruhe, although his belongings never followed him from New Zealand. He died suddenly, aged 58, three months after his arrival in Karlsruhe. See also article with reproductions of his work in Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wilhelm_Allers
Allers, Christian Wilhelm, 1857-1915
Allers, Christian Wilhelm, 1857-1915 :H.E. The Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealan...
Date: 1903
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
By: Allers, Christian Wilhelm, 1857-1915
Reference: D-031-001
Description: Shows a half-length profile portrait, from the left side, of the Earl of Ranfurly, seated in a leather armchair reading. He wears a high collar and moustache. The artist, C. W. Allers, lived in Australia and New Zealand under the name William Andreson between 1902 and 1914. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Charcoal and watercolour, on sheet 700 x 550 mm (sight) Provenance: Purchase: England, 1998
Allers, Christian Wilhelm, 1857-1915 :Major Dudley Alexander, XIV Reg[imen]t, New Zeala...
Date: 1903
From: Ranfurly family: Collection
By: Allers, Christian Wilhelm, 1857-1915
Reference: D-031-002
Description: Shows a half-length profile portrait, from the left side, of Major Alexander, the private secretary and aide de camp of the Earl of Ranfurly. He rests his left arm on the back of a wooden chair. He wears a high collar and moustache. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Charcoal and watercolour, on card, 751 x 547 mm.