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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 ...
Webster, John, b. 1818
Webster produced sketches during the voyage of the 'Wanderer' in 1851. These were later worked up by George French Angas into twenty-five watercolours, intended as ...
Mann, John Frederick, b. 1819
Colonial era NSW sketcher, amateur photographer and surveyor. In 1846 Mann was second-in-command on Ludwig Leichhardt's second exploring expedition.
Henderson, John Black, b. 1827
Late colonial-era painter, sketcher, comic illustrator, amateur photographer and surveyor. A founding member of the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1870, Henderson showed six landscapes ...
Macarthur, Emmeline Maria, b. 1828
Colonial female painter and drawer of the famous Macarthur family who documented her life in pictures that are now missing. Fortunately she refers to these ...
Piguenit, William Charles, b. 1836
Influential and widely exhibited late Colonial era Hobart and Sydney landscape painter, amateur photographer, draughtsman and explorer.
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 ...
Boyd, William Alexander Jenyns, b. 1842
A.J. Boyd was involved in the teaching profession for a good part of his life. In 1882 his book "Old Colonials" was published and which ...
Chambers, Blagden, b. 1846
Bushman, station manager in Queensland later Watercolour painter and grazier and writer, resident in Maranoa and Barcoo in Queensland from about 1862-1867 later Sydney and ...
Banks, Elizabeth Lindsay, b. 1849
An educator who brought drawing classes into the curriculum under her charge. Banks was appointed infant mistress at the Public School on Riley St in ...
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Lorenzini, Augusto, b. 1852
Artist decorator. Made numerous designs for wall panels, room decoration and paintings.
Begg, Samuel, b. 1854
Late colonial era cartoonist, illustrator and sculptor. London-born Begg arrived in Sydney in 1877 via New Zealand. He and William Macleod were the only professional ...
Syer, Walter S., b. 1854
Sydney illustrator, active from the early 1890s until shortly after Federation.
Massie, Hester, b. 1856
Colonial female artist who painted landscapes and wildflowers. She was part of a large and prominent Sydney merchant family.
Roberts, Tom, b. 1856
One of Australia's most iconic painters, Tom Roberts was an early champion of plein-air painting and together with Frederick McCubbin, Roberts helped establish the famous ...
Tranthim-Fryer, John Robertson, b. 1858
Tasmanian born sculptor and art teacher. He returned from London to settle in Victoria where he became first Director of Swinburne Technical College in 1908, ...
Flockton, Margaret Lilian, b. 1861
A highly regarded natural history illustrator, as well as a painter and successful commercial artist, Sydney-based Flockton worked for a number of years illustrating the ...
Minns, B.E., b. 1863
B.E. Minns was introduced to art by the young Charles Conder, with whom he shared rooms in the 1880s. He soon developed a successful career ...
Beecroft, Herbert, b. 1864
Widely printed early 20th century Sydney painter, miniaturist, postcard artist and theatrical lightning sketch artist and lecturer.
Brown, Edith J. Bell, b. 1864
A sketcher of early buildings, drawing teacher, she taught model drawing in Sydney in the early twentieth century. Bell-Brown also painted on china and produced ...