William Strutt b. 1825 Teignmouth, Devonshire, England, UK

  • Artist (Painter)
Strutt was a productive and versatile painter and a founding member of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts. His most famous painting is undoubtedly 'Black Thursday' which was inspired by the bushfires that ravaged large parts of Victoria on 6 February 1851.
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Name
William Strutt
Birth date
3 July 1825
Birth place
Teignmouth, Devonshire, England, UK
Death date
3 January 1915
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • 1862- 1915 England, UK
  • 1856- 1862 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1856- Sydney, NSW
  • 27 March 1855- 4 July 1856 New Zealand
  • 1850- February 1855 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1848- 1850 England, UK
  • 1835- 1847 France
Arrival
  • 5 July 1850 (Arrived on the frigate 'Culloden' in Melbourne, Vic.)
Active Period
  • 1835- 1915
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Royal Academy, London, England, UK
  • 1843- 1844
  • c.1839 Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
  • c.1838
  • c.1835 Boulogne, France
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

portrait and history painter, was born in Teignmouth, Devonshire, England, on 3 July 1825, the second son of William Thomas Strutt, a nonconformist preacher and clerk with the Bank of England, and his second wife Mary Ann, née Price.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1992
Last updated:
1989
associate of
Thomas Ham
1821
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
John Gilfillan
1793
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ludwig Becker
1808
Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Nicholas Chevalier
1828
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Edward Macarthur
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Robert O'Hara Burke
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Charles Summers
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Eugene von Guérard
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
John Pascoe Fawkner
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Ingres
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Dr Augustus Greeves
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
William Thomas Strutt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
née Price Mary Ann Strutt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
grandchild of
Joseph Strutt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
née Hague Sarah Agnes Strutt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
parent of
Emily Strutt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
parent of
Alfred William Strutt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
parent of
Laura Strutt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
parent of
Rosa Strutt
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Andrew Russell
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Michel-Martin Drolling
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Paule Delaroche
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Horace Vernet
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Joseph-Nicholas Jouy
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Anna Jameson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Paul Lacroix
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Frederick James Sargood
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
John O'Shanassy
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Sir Russell Grimwade
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Joseph Aresti
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Michael Crossland
1800
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Joseph Anderson Panton
1831
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Annie Strutt
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Julie Elizabeth Agnes Vieusseux
1820
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Edwin J. Welch
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Victorian Society of Fine Arts
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Sentinels of Empire
Date
1901
Peace
Date
1896
Thou Shalt Not Covet
Date
1890
The Course of Blind Love Never Did Run Smooth
Date
1890
A Warm Response
Date
1889
Cultivating an Acquaintance
Date
1889
Bushrangers
Date
1887
Stolen Children: A Scene in the Soudan
Date
1885
The Three Centurions
Date
1880
The Boy Samuel amidst the Offerings at the Tabernacle
Date
1875
David's First Victory
Date
1868
The Little Wanderers, or the Lost Track
Date
1865
Maoris Beaching their Canoes and Going off to Market
Date
1865
Black Thursday
Date
1864
Although the painting was begun in Australia, Strutt completed it in England in 1864.
Maoris Driving off Settler's Cattle
Date
1861
War Dance at Taranaki
Date
1857
Collections
1865- 1905
Exhibition (exhibited at)
British Institution, London, England, UK
1865- 1905
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Royal Society of British Artists, London, England, UK
1865- 1905
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Royal Academy, London, England, UK
Victorian Exhibition
1861
Exhibition ()
Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Vic.
Victorian Society of Fine Arts Exhibition
December 1857
Exhibition ()
Melbourne, Victoria
Melbourne Exhibition
1854
Exhibition ()
Melbourne, Victoria
Recognitions
Victorian Exhibition
1861
Award
Note: Honourable mention
Citations:
  • Curnow, H., (1980), William Strutt, (Place: Sydney, NSW : Australian Gallery Directors Council catalogue (and bibliography))
  • Curnow, H., (1980), The Life and Art of William Strutt, (Place: Martinborough, NZ)
See also:
  • PORTRAIT: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (#3145) has a design for a journal cover with a sepia photographic portrait of Strutt c.1901 surrounded by decorations in pencil, pen and ink with white highlights.