J. I. B. b. 1822

Also known as Fr John Ignatius Bleasdale (attributed)
  • Artist (Painter)
Jesuit priest who pursued cultural interests along with his commitment to the natural sciences. There is some suggestion that he is the J.I.B who signed four watercolour landscapes of Tasmania in 1851.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
J. I. B.
Also known as Fr John Ignatius Bleasdale (attributed)
Birth date
1822
Death date
1884
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • c.1851 Victoria
Other Occupation
  • Natural Scientist
  • Priest (Jesuit)
Active Period
  • c.1851
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

sketcher, made four landscape watercolours in Tasmania in 1851, including From Sandy Bay , View in Tasmania and On the Derwent opposite the Government Cottage, New Norfolk (National Library of Australia). Miles Lewis has suggested that the artist may be Fr John Ignatius Bleasdale (1822-84), a Jesuit priest resident in Victoria from 1851 who could have painted the views en route from England to his first Australian mission at Geelong. No paintings have been attributed to Bleasdale, but he was a cultured man – and an outstanding natural scientist. He was a commissioner for Australia’s first Intercolonial Exhibition, held at Melbourne in 1866-67, and a trustee of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Australia's First Intercolonial Exhibition
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
On the Derwent opposite the Government Cottage, New Norfolk
Date
1851
From Sandy Bay, View in Tasmania
Date
1851
Collections
Citations:
  • Grigsby, J., John Ignatius Bleasdale, (Place: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne, Vic, vol. 3)