Henry Leonardus Van Den Houten b. 1801

Also known as Henricus Leonardus Van Den Houten, Henry Houten, Vanden Houten, T. H. Van den Houten, van den Honten
  • Artist (Painter)
Henricus (Henry) Leonardus van den Houten was a painter and art teacher. In 1853 he migrated with his family to Victoria. Van den Houten was a founding councillor of the Victorian Academy of Arts.

Citations

  • Bonyhady, Tim (2002), 'Burke and Wills – From Melbourne to Myth’, Exhibition catalogue, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • McCulloch, A. (1977), 'Artists of the Australian Goldrush’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Thieme, U. & Becker, F. (1907), 'Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler’, 37 Volumes, Leipzig, page 50.

  • Thomas, Daniel (1976), 'Australian Art in the 1870s’, Catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.

  • (1983), 'Thirty Australian Paintings’, Catalogue, Deutscher Fine Art, September, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1873), Age, March, 24.

  • (1867), Argus, November, 27 (supplement).

  • (1861), Bendigo Advertiser, March, 8.

  • (1861), Examiner and Melbourne Weekly News, October, 19.

  • Information sourced from Harris, Helen Doxford.

  • (1869), Bendigo Advertiser, August, 4.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 2nd Edition, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1875), Sydney Mail, February, 27.

  • (1873), Sydney Mail, April, 19.

  • (1875), Sydney Mail, July, 10.

  • (1876), Sydney Mail, April, 22.

  • (1879), Age, February, 20.

  • (1870), Argus, December, 1.

  • (1877), Sydney Mail, April, 7.

  • (1877), Sydney Mail, April, 14.

  • Bruce, Candice (1997), 'Art and Australia Felix – art criticism, taste and nostalgia in mid-nineteenth century Victoria’, Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions