Knud Geelmuyden Bull b. 10 September 1811

Also known as Knut Bull, Thomas Evans
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, photographer and drawing master in Hobart and Sydney in the mid to late nineteeth century. Bull arrived in Australia as a convict, having been arrested for 'Feloniously making part of a Foreign Note for 100 Dollars'. Best known for his Tasmanian landscapes, a number of Bull's works may have been wrongly attributed given their similarity to the work of fellow painter J.G. Medland and the f
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creator of
Summer Evening on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat
 
creator of
New Town

Attributed but possibly the work of J.G. Medland

 
creator of
Mount Wellington, Tasmania

Attributed

 
creator of
Old Ellswick
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creator of
Entrance to the River Derwent from the Springs, Mount Wellington
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creator of
Near Oatlands, Tasmania, with Table Mountain in the Distance
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creator of
Hobart Town and Mt Nelson
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creator of
City of Hobart Town
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creator of
Portrait of Henry Chapman
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creator of
(Portrait of Mrs Coverdale)
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creator of
The Wreck of the George III
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creator of
The Rossbank Observatory, Hobart
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Attributed

 
creator of
(Portrait of Phillis Boyd)
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creator of
Sunnyside from the Domain
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Attributed but possibly the work of J.G. Medland

 
creator of
Aboard the John Calvin
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creator of
Waterfall at Tvinde
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creator of
Christopher Malthe, Town Clerk
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