Richard Minchin b. 5 March 1831

Also known as Richard Ernest Minchin
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, lithographer(?), draughtsman and zoo director, migrated to Adelaide from Ireland in the 1850s, won many prizes at the South Australian Society of Arts with landscape and genre paintings.

Citations

  • Minchin, E. (1974), 'Richard Ernest Minchin’, in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne, Vic.

  • Carroll, A. (1981), 'Graven Images in the Promised Land’, Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • Benko, N. (1969), 'Art and Artists of South Australia’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Burke’s Colonial Gentry.

  • (1975), 'Forgotten Artists: 1836-1880’, Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Mackay, Mary.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870