Frederic B. Schell b. 1838

Also known as F.B. Schell, Frederick B. Schell
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Frederic B. Schell was an illustrator for the American publications Harper's Weekly & Frank Leslie's Illustrated News. He was recruited to be the Superintendent of the Art Department for the Picturesque Atlas of Australia (1888). While in Australia, he wrote ‘How books are illustrated’, Centennial Magazine. His albums of photographs collected while in Australia now reside in the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Citations

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art, vol 1’, Angus & Robertson Sydney, New South Wales, (facsimile 1980).

  • Hurst, Nevin (Curnow, Heather researcher) (2002), 'Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery Australian Artists Colonial to Contemporary: A Spring Exhibition’, Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, Tasmania.

  • McCulloch, Alan and McCulloch, Susan (1994), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Allen & Unwin (3rd edition, revised and updated), St. Leonards, New South Wales.

  • Hughes-D’Aeth, Tony (2001), 'Paper nation: the story of the Picturesque atlas of Australasia 1886-1888’, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria.

  • Kerr, Joan, '[Joan Kerr Archive]’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • '[Kerr Archive]’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists