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, .

Initial data sources

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

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  • Creswick, Thomas (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Victorian Academy of Arts (associate of)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (associate of)
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  • 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)
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Related collections
  • Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Victorian Industrial Exhibition (received)
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  • Victorian Industrial Exhibition (exhibited at)