George O'Brien b. 1821 Dromoland Castle, County Clare, Ireland

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Printmaker), (Painter)
George O'Brien appears to be a man of many parts, watercolourist, lithographer, draughtsman, as well as architect and engineer.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
George O'Brien
Birth date
1821
Birth place
Dromoland Castle, County Clare, Ireland
Death date
30 August 1888
Death place
Dunedin, New Zealand
Burial place
Dunedin's Northern Cemetery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • c.1863- Dunedin, New Zealand
  • c.1858 11 Collins Street West, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1854 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1853 32 Collins Street West, Melbourne, Vic.
Other Occupation
  • Engineer
  • Surveyor
  • Architectural draughtsman
Arrival
  • 1837 (Unconfirmed.)
Active Period
  • c.1839- c.1888
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

watercolourist, lithographer, draughtsman, architect and engineer, was born in Dromoland Castle, County Clare, Ireland, fifth son of Admiral Robert O’Brien RN (1766-1838) and grandson of Sir Lucius O’Brien, 5th Baronet and from 1855 13th Baron Inchiquin.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Robert Hoddle
1794
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
William Henry Clayton
1823
Artist (Draughtsman), Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
associate of
William Smith O'Brien
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
William Smith O'Brien
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Sir Lucius Richard O'Brien
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
relative of
Sir Lucius Richard O'Brien
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
grandchild of
Sir Lucius O'Brien
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
John Pascoe Fawkner
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
Jane Mashfield
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
William Mason
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Robert A. Lawson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Alfred Wilson Walsh
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Admiral Robert O'Brien
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Otago Art Society
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Victorian Architects' Association
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Victorian Fine Arts Society
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Near Ashover, Derbyshire
View of the Falls on the Yarra, at Mr Campbell's
View from the Junction of Barkly and Princes Streets, St Kilda
Evening
Morning
The Grampians from the Head of the Hopkins River
The Source of the Wannon River,
View of Florence and the Vale of Arno--Painted from a Description in 'Aurora Leigh'
View of the 'Red Lion' at Keddleston, in Derbyshire--a Well-Known Fishing House
English and Scottish Bank
A Villa
Bridge over the Yarra, Studley Park
Iron Bridge, over the Barwon, South Geelong
Evening in Australia
Morning in Australia
An Egyptian 'Fellah'
The Crater of Mount Eccles, Portland Bay District
Melbourne in 1839, from Spring Street Looking towards Hobson's Bay. A Pencil Sketch, by George O'Brien
Red Bluff. Brighton (Ormond Point)
Date
1862
The Long Beach near Frankstone
Date
1862
View from Retreat Villa, St Kilda
Date
1862
South-East Corner of Collins and Swanston Streets, 1853
Date
1853
Mount Eccles, Portland District, Victoria, from a Sketch by Robert Hoddle
Date
1851
Melbourne in 1839, from Spring Street Looking towards Hobson's Bay. A Pencil Sketch, by George O'Brien
Date
1839
Collections
Canterbury Society of Artists
1880
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Otago Art Society Exhibition
1876
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Melbourne Public Library exhibition
1869
Exhibition ()
Public Library, Melbourne, Victoria
New Zealand Industrial Exhibition
1865
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Victorian Exhibition of Art
1856
Exhibition ()
Melbourne, Victoria
c.1850- c.1859
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Victoria
Recognitions
Victorian Exhibition of Art
1856
Award
Note: Gold Medal
Citations:
  • Exhibition Catalogues 1880-87, (Place: Otago Art Society, Otago, New Zealand)
  • Minute Books 1886-88, (Place: Otago Art Society, Otago, New Zealand)
  • Collins, R.; with Entwisle, P., (1986), Pavilioned in Splendour: George O'Brien's Vision of Colonial New Zealand, (Place: Dunedin Public Art Gallery catalogue and bibliography, Dunedin, New Zealand)
  • Papers 1876-79, (Place: Otago Art Society, Otago, New Zealand)
  • Lewis, M., (1977), Architectural survey: Final report: National Estate Project 244, (Place: Melbourne University typescript, Melbourne, Vic.)
  • Papers 1884-87, (Place: Canterbury Society of Art, Canterbury, New Zealand)
  • (31 August 1888), Evening Star, (Place: Dunedin, New Zealand)
  • (1854), Melbourne Commercial, Squatters and Official Directory for 1854
  • (1982), George O'Brien, Watercolours, (Place: Otago Early Settlers' Museum catalogue, Otago, New Zealand)
  • (1976), The Civil Establishment for the Colony of Victoria, (Place: Public Records Office, Melbourne, Vic., (facsimile))
  • Stacpoole, J., (1971), William Mason, the First New Zealand Architect, (Place: Auckland, New Zealand)
  • O'Brien, D., (1949), History of the O'Briens, (Place: London, England, UK)
  • Entwisle, P., (1984), George O'Brien, (Place: Dunedin, New Zealand : in William Matthew Hodgkins and His Circle)
  • Downer, C. & Phipps, J., (1985), Victorian Vision: 1834 Onwards, (Place: National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.)
  • Collins, R., George O'Brien, (Place: in Art New Zealand, no. 3, (December-January 1976-77))