Charles Hill b. 1824

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, engraver and teacher, in, England and arrived in Adelaide in 1854 where he became very influential in the local art scene. Hill specialised in genre and narrative subjects, a type of painting not then common in Australia.
Name
Charles Hill
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102)
  • Engraver (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Birth date
1824
Birth place
Coventry, England, UK
Death date
1916
Active Period
  • 1850 - 1870
  • c.1854 - c.1861
  • 1861 - 1881
Arrival
  • 1854 (Arrived in South Australia on board the 'Historia'.)
Residence
  • London, England, UK
  • c.1854 - c.1916 Adelaide, SA
Training
  • Worked in London under Samuel William Reynolds the younger., London, England, UK
  • c.1840 - c.1841 Newcastle Academy of Fine Arts, Newcastle, England, UK
  • Apprenticed to a line engraver at Newcastle-upon-Tyne., c.1838 - c.1839 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870