George O'Brien b. 1821

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
George O'Brien appears to be a man of many parts, watercolourist, lithographer, draughtsman, as well as architect and engineer.
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Name
George O'Brien
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Engineer
  • Surveyor
  • Architectural draughtsman
Birth date
1821
Birth place
Dromoland Castle, County Clare, Ireland
Death date
30 August 1888
Death place
Dunedin, New Zealand
Burial place
Dunedin's Northern Cemetery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Active Period
  • c.1839 - c.1888
Arrival
  • 1837 (Unconfirmed.)
Residence
  • c.1863- Dunedin, New Zealand
  • c.1858 11 Collins Street West, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1854 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1853 32 Collins Street West, Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • O'Brien, William Smith (associate of)
  • O'Brien, Lucius Richard (Sir) (associate of)
  • O'Brien, Lucius (Sir) (grandchild of)
  • Fawkner, John Pascoe (associate of)
  • Mashfield, Jane (spouse of)
  • Mason, William (associate of)
  • Lawson, Robert A. (associate of)
  • Walsh, Alfred Wilson (associate of)
  • O'Brien, Robert (Admiral) (child of)
  • O'Brien, William Smith (relative of)
  • O'Brien, Lucius Richard (Sir) (relative of)
Related stub person groups
  • Victorian Architects' Association (associate of)
  • Victorian Fine Arts Society (associate of)
  • Otago Art Society (associate of)
Related people
  • Hoddle, Robert (associate of)
  • Clayton, William Henry (associate of)
Related works
  • Near Ashover, Derbyshire (creator of)
  • View of the Falls on the Yarra, at Mr Campbell's (creator of)
  • Red Bluff. Brighton (Ormond Point) (creator of)
  • The Long Beach near Frankstone (creator of)
  • View from Retreat Villa, St Kilda (creator of)
  • View from the Junction of Barkly and Princes Streets, St Kilda (creator of)
  • Evening (creator of)
  • Morning (creator of)
  • The Grampians from the Head of the Hopkins River (creator of)
  • The Source of the Wannon River, (creator of)
  • View of Florence and the Vale of Arno--Painted from a Description in 'Aurora Leigh' (creator of)
  • View of the 'Red Lion' at Keddleston, in Derbyshire--a Well-Known Fishing House (creator of)
  • English and Scottish Bank (creator of)
  • A Villa (creator of)
  • Bridge over the Yarra, Studley Park (creator of)
  • Iron Bridge, over the Barwon, South Geelong (creator of)
  • South-East Corner of Collins and Swanston Streets, 1853 (creator of)
  • Evening in Australia (creator of)
  • Morning in Australia (creator of)
  • An Egyptian 'Fellah' (creator of)
  • The Crater of Mount Eccles, Portland Bay District (creator of)
  • Mount Eccles, Portland District, Victoria, from a Sketch by Robert Hoddle (creator of)
  • Melbourne in 1839, from Spring Street Looking towards Hobson's Bay. A Pencil Sketch, by George O'Brien (creator of)
  • Melbourne in 1839, from Spring Street Looking towards Hobson's Bay. A Pencil Sketch, by George O'Brien (creator of)
Related collections
  • Otago Early Settlers' Association Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Hocken Library, Dunedin, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Victorian Exhibition of Art (received)
Related events
  • Canterbury Society of Artists (exhibited at)
  • Otago Art Society Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • New Zealand Industrial Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)