Wilton Hack b. 21 May 1843

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, art teacher, pastoralist and utopian socialist, Hack taught drawing in Adelaide from 1868 to 1873. He travelled widely and a surviving sketchbook records foreign scenery and South Australian subjects.
Name
Wilton Hack
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Pastoralist (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022)
Birth date
21 May 1843
Birth place
Echunga, SA
Death date
23 February 1923
Death place
Beverley, WA
Active Period
  • c.1865 - c.1911
Residence
  • c.1911 - c.1923 Western Australia
  • Glenelg, SA
  • c.1890- England, UK
  • Sri Lanka
  • India
  • Mount Remarkable, SA
  • New South Wales
  • c.1876- Adelaide, SA
  • 1873 - 1876 Japan
  • 1868 - 1873 Adelaide, SA
  • c.1865 - c.1867 South Australia, SA
  • Gloucestershire, England, UK
  • c.1843- Echunga, SA
Training
  • University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Sandbach Grammar School, Cheshire, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870