Bernhard Smith b. 1820

Also known as B. Smith
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
19th century painter, sculptor and civil servant, whose pre-Raphaelite type medallion portraits of several associates and family members were exhibited at the Royal Academy, London. However, it was his drawings and illustrations of poetry and fantastic scenery borrowed from Australian landscape and vegetation with a spaciousness and clarity of format which is significant within Australian art history.
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Name
Bernhard Smith
Also known as B. Smith
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • Civil servant
Birth date
1820
Birth place
Greenwich, London, England, UK
Death date
7 October 1885
Death place
Alexandra, VIC
Active Period
  • 1858 - 1885
  • 1838 - 1852
Arrival
  • 23 October 1852 (Ship: 'The Windsor'; place: Melbourne, VIC)
Residence
  • 1878 - 1885 Alexandra, VIC
  • 1874 - 1878 Smythesdale, VIC
  • 1863 - 1874 Pleasant Creek, VIC
  • c.1861 Crown Lands, Vic
  • 1857 - 1861 Ballarat, VIC
  • 1854 - 1857 Westernport District, VIC
  • 1852 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1843 - 1852 London, England, UK
  • 1840 - 1842 Paris, France
  • 1820 - 1840 London, England, UK
Training
  • c.1840 Etienne Jules Ramey Studio, Paris, France
  • 1838 - 1840 Richard Sass School, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
  • 1840 Royal Academy's Antique School, London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Smith, Jane Mary (child of)
  • Smith, Minnie Bernhard (parent of)
  • Gray, John E. (relative of)
  • Bateman, Edward Latrobe (associate of)
  • McCrae, Georgiana (associate of)
  • Tasca (Madame) (associate of)
  • Reed, Joseph (associate of)
  • Panton, James (associate of)
  • Wise, Maria (sibling of)
  • Boyes, Olivia Frances Josephine (spouse of)
  • Gould, John (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (associate of)
  • Gold Commission (associate of)
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  • Woolner, Thomas (associate of)
  • Buvelot, Louis (associate of)
  • Mouchette, Berthe Julie Lucie (associate of)
  • Tibbits, William Taylor Smith (parent of)
  • Sasse, Edmund (associate of)
Related works
  • Illustrations from 'The Death of the Thrush'. (creator of)
  • Illustrations from 'Shakespeare, Longfellow (Excelsior)'. (creator of)
  • (View of the town of Jameson) (creator of)
  • (Portrait medallion of a Smythesdale resident) (creator of)
  • The Joyful Rain, The Solemn Rain (creator of)
  • The Joyful Rain (creator of)
  • (Fairy on a mushroom inside a decorative border which incorporates flowers and grotesque masks) (creator of)
  • (Butterflies and flowers) (creator of)
  • (Lyrebird) (creator of)
  • (Gum-blossom) (creator of)
  • Two Water Elves (creator of)
  • Puck (creator of)
  • Fairie (creator of)
  • (Portrait sculpture of John Gould) (creator of)
  • (Mrs Thomas Ringrose) (creator of)
  • (Emma A. Smith) (creator of)
  • (Medallion portrait of Captain Sir James Ross RN.) (creator of)
  • (Medallion portrait of Lieutenant Henry Thomas Smith (RA 1844)) (creator of)
  • (Medallion portrait of John Richardson) (creator of)
  • John Ogilby, Esq (creator of)
  • Mrs Mackenzie, of Flowerburn (creator of)
  • An Old Satyr Extracting a Thorn from the Foot of a Young Man (creator of)
  • (medallion portrait (apparently of Gray)) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK (collected in)
  • Linnean Society, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)