Thomas Wright b. 1830

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Thomas Wright was a painter, professional photographer and prospector. According to William Moore, Wright was a pupil of the popular English landscape painter and Royal Academician Thomas Creswick. He was a foundation member of the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1870.
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Name
Thomas Wright
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • teacher
  • drawing master
  • prospector
Birth date
1830
Birth place
Sheffield, England, UK
Death date
1881
Active Period
  • c.1852 - c.1881
Arrival
  • 1852 (Melbourne, Vic)
Residence
  • 1865 236 Bourke Street, East Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1864 3 McKenzie Street, Melbourne, Victoria
  • Bendigo, Victoria
  • c.1859 Back Street, Geelong, Victoria
  • 26 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Creswick, Thomas (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Victorian Academy of Arts (associate of)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (associate of)
Related works
  • The Ploughman Homeward Plods his Weary Way (creator of)
  • Morse's Creek (creator of)
  • Showers and Steam on the North-East Line (creator of)
  • The Ford (creator of)
  • A View on the Waitahuna River, [Otago] N.Z. (creator of)
  • Doubtful Weather, Richmond Paddock (creator of)
  • Landscape, English Composition (creator of)
  • View near the Heads (creator of)
  • Sandhurst in 1862 (creator of)
  • Bendigo Valley (creator of)
Related collections
  • Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Victorian Industrial Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1af62b538b73d9301d3c5')) (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Industrial Exhibition (exhibited at)