William Charles Piguenit b. 27 August 1836

Also known as W. C. Piguenit, Bill Piguenit
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Influential and widely exhibited late Colonial era Hobart and Sydney landscape painter, amateur photographer, draughtsman and explorer.

Citations

  • 'Sydney Morning Herald’, Sydney, NSW, 1880-12-20; 1881-03-31; 1881-08-06; 1881-10-05; 1882-05-13; 1882-07-21; 1882-09-23; 1883-03-28; 1883-08-01; 1884-07-16; 1884-07-19; 1885-04-11; 1886-07-30; 1887-02-18; 1887-08-23; 1890-08-30; 1890-09-06; 1891-07-30; 1895-09-28; 1896-10-10; 1898-07-21.

  • 'Sydney Mail’, Sydney, NSW, 1874-04-11; 1875-04-03; 1875-04-17; 1875-05-01; 1875-05-29; 1875-11-13; 1876-04-22; 07; 1877-04-07; 1877-04-14.

  • 'Mercury’, Hobart, Tas., 1892-11-11; 1893-02-04; 1893-03-30; 1893-04-13; 1894-05-02; 1894-06-14; 1894-08-15; 1894-09-04; 1895-02-12.

  • 'Bulletin’, Sydney, NSW, 1881-01-01; 1883-03-24; 1888-11-24; 1890-09-13; 1895-10-05; 1896-10-17; 1900-04-28.

  • Souter, D. H. (September 1905), 'William Charles Piguenit, an Australian painter’, Sydney, NSW : Art and Architecture, vol. 2, (September-October ), .

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

  • (1974), 'Piguenit, William Charles (1836 – 1914)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, pp 444-445, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne, Vic.

  • Backhouse, S. (1988), 'Tasmanian Artists of the Twentieth Century’, West Hobart, Tas.

  • Johannes, C.; & Brown, Tony (1992), 'William Charles Piguenit’, Hobart, Tas : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

  • Legge, W. V. (1922), 'W.C. Piguenit : An Appreciation of a Tasmanian Artist’, Launceston, Tas. (reprint).

  • Piguenit, W. C. (1867), 'The Salmon Ponds & Vicinity’, New Norfolk, Hobart, Tasmania.

  • Thomas, Daniel (1976), 'Australian Art in the 1870s’, Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales.

  • (22 December 1970), 'Australian artist: William Charles Piguenit’, in Antiques and Art Australasia.

  • (27 February 1884), 'Argus’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • 'Bulletin’, Sydney, NSW, 1881-01-01; 1883-03-24; 1888-11-24; 1890-09-13; 1895-10-05; 1896-10-17; 1900-04-28.

  • (2 November 1863), 'Hobart Town Advertiser’, Hobart, Tas.

  • 'Sydney Mail’, Sydney, NSW, 1874-04-11; 1875-04-03; 1875-04-17; 1875-05-01; 1875-05-29; 1875-11-13; 1876-04-22; 07; 1877-04-07; 1877-04-14.

  • 'Sydney Morning Herald’, Sydney, NSW, 1880-12-20; 1881-03-31; 1881-08-06; 1881-10-05; 1882-05-13; 1882-07-21; 1882-09-23; 1883-03-28; 1883-08-01; 1884-07-16; 1884-07-19; 1885-04-11; 1886-07-30; 1887-02-18; 1887-08-23; 1890-08-30; 1890-09-06; 1891-07-30; 1895-09-28; 1896-10-10; 1898-07-21.

  • Piguenit, W. C., '[letters]’, Sydney, NSW : manuscripts in Art Gallery of New South Wales Archives.

  • Piguenit, W. C. (1893), 'Among the western highlands of Tasmania’, Hobart, Tas : Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.

  • Information sourced from Anderson, Ingrid.

  • Information sourced from Brown, Tony.

  • Information sourced from Deakin, Edwina.

  • Information sourced from Dysart, Dinah.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Stilwell, G. T.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions