William Strutt b. 3 July 1825

  • Artist (Painter)
Strutt was a productive and versatile painter and a founding member of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts. His most famous painting is undoubtedly 'Black Thursday' which was inspired by the bushfires that ravaged large parts of Victoria on 6 February 1851.

Citations

  • Curnow, H. (1980), 'The Life and Art of William Strutt’, Martinborough, NZ.

  • Curnow, H. (1980), 'William Strutt’, Sydney, NSW : Australian Gallery Directors Council catalogue (and bibliography).

See also

  • 'PORTRAIT: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (#3145) has a design for a journal cover with a sepia photographic portrait of Strutt c.1901 surrounded by decorations in pencil, pen and ink with white highlights.'.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions