Thomas Clark b. 1814 London, England, UK

  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and teacher born in London, England. Resident of Victoria he taught in and exhibited with many institutions.
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Name
Thomas Clark
Birth date
c.1814
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
21 April 1883
Death place
South Yarra, Melbourne, Vic.
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • c.1852- c.1883 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1851- c.1852 Russia
  • c.1846- c.1851 Birmingham, England, UK
  • c.1814- c.1846 London, England, UK
Other Occupation
  • Teacher
Arrival
  • 1852 (Melbourne, Victoria.)
Active Period
  • c.1865- c.1875
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

painter and teacher, was born in London, son of Thomas Clark, an artist, and Susan, née Ashley.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Thomas Foster Chuck
1826
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Oswald Rose Campbell
1820
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Tom Roberts
1856
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Frederick McCubbin
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
William Pitt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Edward Burne-Jones
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Sir Henry Barkly
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née Ashley Susan Clark
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
née Clarkson Jane Clark
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Caroline-Julie Buvelot
Artist (Painter)
parent of
Alfred Thomas Clark
1845
Artist (Painter)
associate of
John W. Deering
1838
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Henry James Johnstone
1835
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Thomas Napier
1802
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Isaac Whitehead
1819
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Edward Woods
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Victorian Society of Fine Arts
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Royal Society of Arts
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Nottingham School of Arts
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
King's College
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Government School of Design at Birmingham
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
King Edward's School of Design
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Carlton School of Design
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
School of Design, National Gallery of Victoria
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Council of the Victorian Academy of Arts
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Victoria Fine Arts Society
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
(Views of the Wannon Falls near Hamilton, VIC)
Date
1874
Falls on the Wannon
Date
1870
Oil on canvas (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC)
(Portrait of Governor Sir Henry Barkly)
Date
1866
Fern Tree Gully, Dandenong
Date
1866
Fern Gully with Aboriginal Family
Date
1863
Oil on canvas (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW)
Grand Moving Diorama Illustrating the Exploring Expedition, the Death of Burke and Wills and the Preservation of King
Date
1862
Ulysses and Diomedes Capturing the Horses of King Rhesus
Date
1860
Emerald Hill and Sandridge from the Government Domain
Date
1857
Oil on canvas (State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria).
The Coast near St. Kilda
Date
1857
Oil on canvas (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC)
Moonlight Scene
Date
1853
Distant View of Melbourne and Hobson's Bay
Date
1852
Watercolours (Grimwade Collection, Melbourne University, VIC)
Collections
The Australian Landscape
1972- 1973
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
"The Australian Landscape" was a national touring exhibition organised by the Australian Gallery Directors' Council in 1972. The organising gallery was the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the curators were Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales) Ian North (Art Gallery of South Australia) and Frances McCarthy [later Lindsay] (National Gallery of Victoria). Generous funding from the Peter Stuyvesant foundation enabled the curators to travel the country together in order to make considered judgements. The exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 3 March 1972, and toured to the Western Australian Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery (temporary premises), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery, and the Queensland Art Gallery. The catalogue introduction claims that the exhibition comprised of 'fifty-five of the best Australian landscapes ever executed'. It was characterised by a breadth of vision, with works from every state – including regional galleries and private collections. It is distinguished by having a greater emphasis on colonial works than previous exhibitions, and elevating the reputation of Eugene Von Guerard and John Glover. There were only two works by women – Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston– and none by any Aboriginal artist.
Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition
1866- 1867
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, Vic.
[Diorama opened]
8 March 1862
Exhibition (exhibited at)
119 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Vic.
Victorian Exhibition of Fine Arts
1860
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, Victoria
Victorian Society of Fine Arts Exhibition
December 1857
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Melbourne, Victoria
Victoria Fine Arts Society Exhibition
1853
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Mechanics Institution, Melbourne, Vic.
Recognitions
Royal Society of Arts
Award
For engraving
Note: Gold Medal
Royal Society of Arts
Award
For landscape painting
Citations:
  • McCulloch, Alan, (1984), Encyclopedia of Australian Art, (Place: Melbourne, VIC : Hutchinson of Australia (2nd edition))
  • (1868), Letters, Box 7 and Drawing Master Applications 1868-70, (Place: Melbourne, VIC : National Gallery of Victoria)
  • (1892), Trustees' Reports 1892-96, (Place: Melbourne, VIC : La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Public Library Museum and National Gallery of Victoria)
  • Thomas, David, (1977), 'Thomas Clark', (Place: Adelaide, SA : Art Gallery of South Australia, Bulletin)
  • Thomas, Daniel, (1976), Australian Art in the 1870s, (Place: Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue)
  • McCulloch, A., (1969), The Golden Age of Australian Painting, (Place: Melbourne, Vic.)
  • Langford, A., Modern Birmingham and its Institutions, (Place: Birmingham, England, UK : 2 volumes, no date)
  • Galbally, A., (1981), Frederick McCubbin, (Place: Richmond, Vic.)
  • Colligan, Mimi, (2002), Canvas Documentaries, (Place: Melbourne, VIC : Melbourne University Press)
  • Bonyhady, T., (1987), The Colonial Image, (Place: Sydney, NSW)
  • Armstrong, E. La T., (1906), The Book of the Public Library Museums and National Gallery of Victoria 1856-1906, (Place: Melbourne, Vic.)
  • Galbally, A., (1969), 'Thomas Clark', (Place: Melbourne, VIC : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press)
  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F., (1972), The Australian Landscape, (Published by the Art Gallery of South Australia), Type: catalogue
See also:
  • Ulysses and Diomedes Capturing the Horses of Rhesus, King of Thrace, 1851?, oil on canvas, 109.3x193.6cm, Bendigo Art Gallery.