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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 ...
Duterrau, Benjamin, b. 1767
Duterrau arrived in Australia when he was 65. Already an established artist, he produced many Australian 'firsts' including 'The Conciliation' - the first history painting ...
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 ...
Lloyd, Henry Grant, b. 1830
A prolific watercolourist painter and sketcher, Lloyd is known as 'Australia's peripatetic artist'. He travelled indefatigably throughout his long life, recording many landscapes in Australia, ...
MacCormac, Andrew, b. 1826
Male colonial painter of portraits, a few landscape and genre paintings, who mainly worked in South Australia, portraying the upper classes.
Macgeorge, James, b. 1832
Colonial architect who designed mostly churches in South Australia and was involved in founding the South Australian Society of the Arts.
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.
May, Alfred
Late colonial sketcher. May compiled 'A Week on the Wild Wave', a sketchbook held in Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
McCubbin, Frederick, b. 1855
From the 1880s, when his first mature work was painted, until just before his death in 1917, Frederick McCubbin painted some of Australia's most loved ...
McMinn, A B, b. 1844
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 ...
Norman, Herbert Hayes, b. 1843
A dentist, sketcher and amateur photographer. He exhibited some photographs at a South Australian exhibition in 1859. Although he spent his time working as a ...
Prinsep, Henry Charles, b. 1844
Harry Prinsep was active in many parts of Western Australian society. Trained in Law and associated with the east India Company he worked as a ...
Richardson, Charles Douglas
Charles Douglas Richardson, illustrator and sculptor, drew 'Aborigines Attacking Bushman' a full-size plate from an unidentified publication, possibly the Australasian Sketcher.
Robertson, James, b. 1829
James Robertson was a watercolourist and police magistrate. He came to New South Wales in 1842 with his father and at first did not seem ...
Ashton, George Rossi, b. 1857
Painter, illustrator and cartoonist, came to Australia at the encouragement of his brother Julian Ashton. Remained in Australia for 14 years mainly working as an ...
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 ...
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 ...
Schell, Frederic B., b. 1838
Frederic B. Schell was an illustrator for the American publications Harper's Weekly & Frank Leslie's Illustrated News. He was recruited to be the Superintendent of ...
Simpkinson, Francis, b. 1819
Francis Guillemard Simpkinson was a painter, diarist and naval officer. In 1845 at the Hobart Town Art Exhibition, (the first major fine arts exhibition in ...