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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Citations

  • (April 1985), 'Australian Art—Colonial to Modern’, Deutscher Fine Art catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, .

  • McCulloch, A. (1977), 'Artists of the Australian Gold Rush’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 vols, 1934 (facsimile reprint, 1980).

  • Thomas, David (1989), 'Artists of the Bendigo Goldfields 1852-1864’, Bendigo Art Gallery catalogue, March-April.

  • (18 December 1852), Argus.

  • (2 May 1874), Illustrated Sydney News.

  • (8 April 1869), Melbourne Punch.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 2nd edn, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • (1853), Melbourne Directory.

  • (1870), Argus, 25 May, 29 June, 1 Dec.

Initial data sources

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

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