John James Clark b. 1838 Liverpool, England, UK

Also known as:
  • James Clark
  • J. J. Clark
  • Artist (Draughtsman) , (Photographer) , (Painter)
Watercolour painter, photographer, architect and engineer born in Liverpool, England. Resident of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia he was responsible for the designs of many public buildings.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1992
Name
John James Clark
Also known as:
  • James Clark
  • J. J. Clark
Birth date
23 January 1838
Birth place
Liverpool, England, UK
Death date
25 June 1915
Death place
St Kilda, Melbourne, VIC
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • c.1908- c.1915 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1907- 1908 (World Tour. )
  • 1902- 1907 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1899- 1902 Brisbane, QLD
  • 1896- 1899 Perth, WA
  • c.1891- c.1896 Brisbane, QLD
  • c.1885- c.1889 Sydney, NSW
  • 1889- 1891 (World Tour. )
  • c.August 1883- c.1885 QLD
  • 1881- 1883 Sydney, NSW
  • c.May 1868- c.1875 Macedon, VIC
  • 1852- 1881 Melbourne, VIC
  • 23 January 1838- November 1851 Liverpool, England, UK
Other Occupation
  • Draughtsman
  • Engineer
  • Architect
Arrival
  • c.March 1852 (Arrived at Melbourne aboard the 'Martin Luther'.)
Active Period
  • c.1855- c.1857
  • 1861- 1878
  • February 1858- November 1858
Languages
  • English
Training
  • National Gallery of Victoria's School of Design, c.1876 Melbourne, VIC
  • [Lessons in painting from Louis Buvelot], May 1868- 1875 Macedon, VIC
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

watercolour painter, photographer(?), architect and engineer John James Clark was born in Liverpool, England, on 23 January 1838. He arrived in Melbourne, Victoria, circa 1852.

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Writers:
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
1989
associate of
Louis Buvelot
1814
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Oswald Rose Campbell
1820
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
William Lonsdale
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
George Clark
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
sibling of
George Clark
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née Unwin Mary Clark
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
William Wilkinson Wardell
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
Mary Taylor Watmuff
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
parent of
Edward James Clark
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Public Works Department
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Colonial Architect's Office
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
The Volunteers
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Western Australia Department of Works
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Clark & Son
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Queensland Railways
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
(Government House)
(Mint Administrative Offices)
(Public Offices at Bendigo)
(Customs House)
(Government Printing Office)
(Melbourne Hospital)
Date
1915
(Queen Victoria Hospital).
(Brisbane Treasury)
Date
1885
(Government Offices, Queensland)
Date
1883
(Ground floor of the Melbourne Treasury Buildings)
Date
1857
Drawings for the ground floor of the Melbourne Treasury Buildings.
(The 'New' Treasury Building)
Date
1855
Collections
Recognitions
Competition for Auckland Town Hall
1907
Award
Note: Winner
Competition for the Melbourne City Baths
c.1903
Award
Note: Winner
Competition for Newcastle (New South Wales) Railway Station
1899
Award
Note: Winner
1898 : Winner
1898
Award
Note: Winner
competitions for extensions to Fremantle Town Hall, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
1897
Award
Clark & Son won competitions for extensions to Fremantle Town Hall St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth
Note: Second prize
Competition for the Government Offices in Brisbane
1883
Award
Competition for the Government Offices in Brisbane.
Citations:
  • (1853), Letter Books, (Place: Melbourne, Vic : Colonial Secretary, Public Records Office)
  • Correspondence, (Place: Queensland : Under Secretary Public Works Department, Australian Organisation for Quality)
  • Handasyde, S., (1948), 'Treasury buildings', (Place: Victoria : Bachelor of Architecture Thesis, Melbourne University)
  • Dynan, K. L., (1962), 'John James Clark', (Place: Victoria : Bachelor of Architecture Thesis, Melbourne University)
  • Clark, J. J., 'Extracts from my daily diary', (Place: Family manuscript)
  • (12 June 1917), Building, (Place: (Clark Memorial Issue))
  • (26 June 1915), (obituary), (Place: Argus)
  • (August 1915), Journal, (Place: Royal Victorian Institute of Architects, Volume 13)
  • Moore, W., (1934), The Story of Australian Art, (Place: Sydney, NSW : Angus and Robertson, (facsimile reprint 1980), 2 volumes)
  • Cox, L., (1970), The National Gallery of Victoria 1861-1968, (Place: Melbourne, VIC)
  • Saunders, D., (1969), 'John James Clark', (Place: Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press)