Edwin Bode b. 1859

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Edwin Bode was a painter and photographer who travelled throughout Queensland painting watercolours of homesteads in exchange for board and lodging. A longtime resident of Canungra, on his death in 1926 the town's residents paid for his sandstone tombstone, which featured a palette and brushes and was inscribed 'Erected by the many friends and admirers of our natural artist, E. Bode, in memory of his glorious work'
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Name
Edwin Bode
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1859
Birth place
Birmingham, England, UK
Death date
1926
Death place
Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island, Qld.
Burial place
Wonglepong Cemetery, Canungra, Qld.
Active Period
  • 1882 - 1926
Arrival
  • 1882 (Arrived Queensland aboard the Firth of Clyde)
Residence
  • c.1926 Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island, Qld.
  • c.1913 - c.1926 Canungra, Qld.
  • c.1902 - c.1913 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1886 - c.1902 Canungra, Qld.
  • 1882 - 1886 Queensland
  • Suffolk, England, UK
  • c.1859 - c.1882 Birmingham, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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  • At Canungra (creator of)
Related collections
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  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery Collection, Surfers Paradise, Qld. (collected in)