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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Citations

  • (1854), 'Melbourne Commercial, Squatters and Official Directory for 1854’.

Initial data sources

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

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Related stub people
  • 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)