Nicholas Chevalier b. 1828 St Petersburg, Russia

Also known as:
  • N. Chevalier
  • N. C.
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator) , (Printmaker) , (Painter)
Painter, lithographer and illustrator born in St Petersburg, Russia. Resident of Melbourne, New Zealand and England. Chevalier was a leading and somewhat flamboyant figure in Melbourne art circles in the late 19th century. He was a founder member of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts.
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Name
Nicholas Chevalier
Also known as:
  • N. Chevalier
  • N. C.
Birth date
9 May 1828
Birth place
St Petersburg, Russia
Death date
15 March 1902
Death place
London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • 1872- 1902 England, UK
  • c.1867- c.1872 Prince Alfred's voyage round the world (Tasmania, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Japan, China, Ceylon and India )
  • 1865- 1869 New Zealand (Three periodic visits. )
  • 25 December 1854- 1867 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1853- 1854 Rome, Italy
  • 1851- 1853 London, England, UK
  • c.1848- c.1851 Munich, Germany
  • c.1845- c.1848 Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1828- 1845 St Petersburg, Russia
Other Occupation
  • Cartoonist
  • Illustrator
  • Lithographer
  • Painter
Arrival
  • 25 December 1854 (Melbourne, VIC)
Active Period
  • c.1845- c.1879
Cultural Heritage
  • Swiss
  • Russian
Languages
  • English
Training
  • c.1845- c.1848 Musée Arlaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

painter, lithographer and illustrator, was born in St Petersburg on 9 May 1828, son of a Russian mother, Tatiana Onufrieva, and a Swiss father, Louis.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
1989
associate of
John Hennings
1835
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Oswald Walters Brierly
1817
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Duke Of Edinburgh
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Queen Victoria
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Prince Alfred
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Tatiana Onufrieva
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Louis Chevalier
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
J. S. Guignard
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Ludwig Lange
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
née Wilkie Caroline Chevalier
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Lady Barkly
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Professor Neumayer
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Eugene Von Guérard
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Edgar Ray
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Hon. T. T. a'Beckett
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Hon. John Frazer
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
F. Grosse
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
J. W. Ploos Van Amstel
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Beatrice Boldeman
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Oswald Rose Campbell
1820
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
relative of
Thomas Chevalier
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Ebenezer Wake Cook
1844
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Henry Easom Davies
1831
Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Gill
1797
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Henry Gritten
1818
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Frederick Grosse
1828
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Hubert Haselden
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Alfred William Howitt
1830
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Andrew MacCormac
1826
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Gordon McCrae
1833
Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Georgiana Huntly McCrae
1804
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Eliezer Montefiore
1820
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Eugene Montagu Scott
1835
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Richard Shepherd
1825
Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
William Strutt
1825
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Charles Troedel
1835
Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Isaac Whitehead
1819
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Eugène von Guérard
1811
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Victorian Society of Fine Arts
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Victorian Industrial Association
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Mountain Scenery, Switzerland
Creeper's Cape Schanck
Near Cape Schank
(portrait of Raffaelli after the well-known engraving)
St. Kilda Beach on a Sunday Morning
(view of the opening of the 1878 Vienna Exhibition)
Date
1878
(scene on the Marura Lake, New Zealand)
Date
1877
(thanksgiving service held in St Paul's Cathedral)
Date
27 February 1871
commissioned by Queen Victoria
The Buffalo Ranges, Victoria
Date
1864
Burke and Wills Funeral Car
Date
1863
Mount Arapiles
Date
1863
Fern Tree Gully in the Australian Alps
Date
1862
The First Lesson in Smoking, Australian Boys
Date
1861
Wat Tyler, a la Chinoise
Date
1860
Memorandum of the Start of the Exploring Expedition
Date
1860
Fancy Costume, Emblematic of Australia
Date
1860
(certificate for the Victorian Industrial Association's annual exhibition)
Date
1858
Self Portrait
Date
1857
Pilgrims Halting at the Tivoli
Date
1857
Celestial Happiness
Date
1856
Let it burn, I'm only a lodger
Date
1855
Artist Seated at Easel
Date
1848
Collections
Sydney International Exhibition
1879- 1880
Exhibition ()
Garden Palace, Sydney, New South Wales
Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition
1875
Exhibition ()
Melbourne, Vic.
Johnstone & O'Shannessy's art gallery
1872
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, Vic.
Crystal Palace
1872
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Sydenham, London, England, UK
Salon
1869
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Paris, France
Paris Universal Exhibition
1867
Exhibition ()
Paris, France
Intercolonial Exhibition
1866
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, Vic.
Intercolonial Exhibition
1866
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Public Library Building, Melbourne, Vic.
London International Exhibition
1862
Exhibition ()
London, England, UK
Victorian Society of Fine Arts Exhibition
December 1857
Exhibition ()
Melbourne, Victoria
Royal Academy summer shows
1852- 1895
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, England, UK
Royal Academy
1852
Exhibition (exhibited at)
London, England, UK
Recognitions
£200 to assist the production of works
Award
The provincial councils of Otago and Canterbury awarded him £200 to assist the production of works they hoped would be exhibited abroad and attract settlers
Note: Medal
prize of £200
Award
1864 awarded by the government to commemorate the founding of the Victorian National Gallery - the first Australian work to enter the collection
Government award
1866
Award
For introducing the technique of chromolithography into the colony
Citations:
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  • Stone, Walter, (1973), 50 years of the newspaper cartoon in Australia, (Place: Adelaide, SA : The News, Adelaide in association with the Art Gallery of South Australia)
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  • (1997), Australian and European Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings and Prints, Part I & II, (lot 138 Place: Chrsitie's Australia, Melbourne, Vic., 11-25)
  • (1992), Dallhold Collection, (Place: Christie's Australia, July)
  • Layard, The Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
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  • Chevalier, N., (Correspondence), (Place: Royal Library, Windsor Castle)
  • Chevalier, C., 'A short description of a journey across the southern island of New Zealand', (Place: Canterbury University Library, manuscript)
  • (1857), 'Art in Victoria', (Place: Illustrated Journal of Australasia, Melbourne)
  • (1876), Art Journal, (Place: London, England)
  • (1927), Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas, Africa and the East Indies, (Place: Museum Book Store catalogue, London)
  • (1961), Chevalier, Richmond, Swainson, (Place: National Art Gallery of New Zealand booklet, no. 1, Wellington)
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  • Forel, F.A. (trans.), (1908), 'Nicholas Chevalier: Peintre Vaudois d'aprés les notes de Mme. C. Chevalier', (Place: Gazette de Lausanne, 04, 21)
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