George Baird Shaw b. 23 March 1812

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
In order to perfect his artistic skills George Baird Shaw was sent to the Academy of Fine Arts at Trieste, Italy. He was awarded the 5-guinea prize for the best South Australian oil landscape painting at the South Australian Society of Arts Eleventh Annual Exhibition in 1867.
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Name
George Baird Shaw
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
23 March 1812
Birth place
Dumfries, Scotland, UK
Death date
1883
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1851 - 1877
Arrival
  • c.1856 (Australia)
Residence
  • Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1868 Burton Street, Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1867 Ward Street, North Adelaide, South Australia
  • Crown Street, Sydney, New South Wales
  • South Australia
  • 1851 - 1856 New Zealand
  • Scotland, UK
Training
  • Academy of Fine Arts, Trieste, Italy
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • [Royal] South Australian Society of Arts (associate of)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (associate of)
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  • Harbour View, from Double Bay (creator of)
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  • Edinburgh, from the Calton Hill (creator of)
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Related collections
  • McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Hocken Library, Dunedin, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • To do the engravings for Lockhardt's Life of Scott (received)
  • To do illustrations for the Abbotsford edition of Sir Walter Scott's works (received)
  • South Australian Society of Arts Eleventh Annual Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • South Australian Society of Arts Eleventh Annual Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • exhibition of the New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1a2d4b538b73d93018777')) (exhibited at)