William Gilbert Rees b. 1827

  • Artist (Painter)
William Gilbert Rees, a Welsh painter, engineer and pastoralist, travelled to Queensland in 1852. In 1858 he returned to Britain, married and settled in New Zealand. Paintings created during the New Zealand period are in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.

Citations

  • Platts, U (1979), 'Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists’, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Initial data sources

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