Oliver Godfrey

  • Artist (Photographer)
listed as a photographer in Newcastle from 1899-1909. He also painted after photographs of ships under sail that he sold from his studio.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1999
Name
Oliver Godfrey
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Residence
  • c.1897- c.1909 Newcastle, NSW
Other Occupation
  • photographer
  • marine painter
Active Period
  • 1899- 1909
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

marine painter and photographer, is listed as a photographer in Newcastle from 1899-1909. He also painted after photographs of ships under sail to sell in his studio. Anecdotal evidence from his family suggests that he had formal artistic training and some painted ship portraits are signed by him alone, some with others. Godfrey worked in Newcastle along with other ship portraitists – McLean Studios, Frederick Temple West and George Woolston – while Thomas Laidlaw and Elizabeth Harris worked in Sydney. Godfrey’s sailing ship The Jones Brothers c.1900, oil on board (p.c.) is illustrated by Fletcher (p.142).

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Frederick Temple West
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Thomas Laidlaw
Artist (Painter), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Elizabeth Harris
Artist (Painter), Artist (Photographer)
associate of
George Woolston
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
née Rout Matilda Kate Godfrey
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
The Jones Brothers
Date
1900
Collections
Citations:
  • NSW Death Records : 19286/1937; 1688/1945
  • NSW Marriage Records : 818/1885
  • NSW Birth Records : 2506/1861; 5407/1897; 33721/1900
  • Fletcher, Daina, (1998), 'Photography with a paint brush: Understanding Australian Maritime Art', (Place: Australian Antique Collector, 55th edn, July-December, pp 142-48.)
See also:
  • The Jones Brothers c.1900, oil on board (p.c.), illustrated by Fletcher, p.142