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Brewer, Henry, b. 1743
A sketcher and architect who arrived with the First Fleet. Nothing is known that is undoubtedly from Brewer's hand.
Barney, George, b. 1792
George Barney was an English military officer who rose through the ranks of the Royal Engineers to become one of the most regarded and pioneering ...
Darling, Elizabeth, b. 1798
Wife of the Governor New South Wales 1825/1831 Major-General Ralph Darling. She made watercolours and drawings as well as designs for public buildings.
Rodius, Charles, b. 1802
Charles (Rhodius) Rodius was a portraitist, illustrator, draughtsman, lithographer and singer. He was sentenced to seven years transportation for stealing a reticule containing a handkerchief, ...
Russell, Robert, b. 1808
Despite Russell's extensive work as a sketcher, amateur photographer, etcher, lithographer, carver, architect and surveyor, he is still better known for his work ethic and ...
Mann, Gother Kerr, b. 1809
Irish male colonial engineer and soldier who travelled to India, New Zealand and Australia. In the process, he designed weapons and prisons, sketched Maori chiefs, ...
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Turner, Thomas, b. 1813
An architect, surveyor and selector, his drawings show a sharp eye for domestic detail and include humble buildings and people going about their everyday life.
Ashworth, Edward, b. 1814
Trained architect who arrived in Sydney in 1844. During his stay Ashworth made many sketches of Sydney streets and buildings using pen, ink and wash.
Roberts, John Rider, b. 1820
John Rider Roberts, landscape painter, illustrator, surveyor and architect, was closely associated with the Illustrated Sydney News (1853-1855; 1863-1868). His obituary in the Illustrated Sydney ...
Jobson, Frederick James, b. 1821
Colonial-era sketcher, architect and clergyman, he published various books on Australia, Methodism in the Australian colonies and ecclesiastical architecture that were illustrated with his own ...
Soares, Alberto Dias, b. 1830
Arriving with his brother Gualter in 1852 with a wildcat idea for a railway system which was subsequently turned down by the Sydney Rail Company, ...
Selfe, Norman, b. 1839
Painter, sketcher, architect and collector, lived in a Federation style house he designed himself in Ashfield, Sydney.
Smedley, John, b. 1841
Late 19th century Sydney born painter and architect whose work was influenced greatly by East Asian modes of painting and drawing. He travelled and lived ...
Hanson, Albert John, b. 1867
Albert John Hanson was a prolific painter. His splendid artistic career started about 1889 when he exhibited at the 10th annual exhibition of the Art ...
Griffin, Marion Mahony, b. 1871
Waterhouse, Bertrand James, b. 1876
B.J. Waterhouse was a Sydney architect who was actively involved in the NSW art world during the first half of the twentieth century, both as ...
Wilson, William Hardy, b. 1881
Wilson was a Sydney-based interwar architect, artist, author, cartographer, orientalist and futurist. Furniture and furnishings by Wilson are known. He documents many historic houses and ...
Evatt, Mary Alice, b. 1898
Artist, social activist, art collector and Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Evatt's best known work was an oil painting entitled 'Footballers' ...
Watson, Stephen, b. 1921
Bokor, Julius, b. 1943
Julius Bokor studied art under Lloyd Rees, Robert Klippel, John Olsen and others while also studying architecture, the profession for which he is best known. ...