Georg Carl August Herman Jess b. 1841

  • Artist (Painter)
Upheavals in his homeland of Denmark prompted Georg Jess to emigrate to Australia in 1864. He settled with his new wife in Victoria where he worked as a church painter and decorator.
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Citations

  • (1998), 'Fine Australian and European Paintings’, Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Vic., 28-29 April, Lot 155.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Other occupations
  • Commercial artist
  • Church painter (ANZSIC code: 3244)
  • Signwriter
  • Wood-grainer
  • Art decorator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Commercial artist
  • Church painter
  • Signwriter
  • Wood-grainer
  • Art decorator (ANZSIC code: 6924)