A sketcher, civil servant and land speculator, Bowman studied under the well-known painter Thomas Sandby while at the British Military Academy at Woolwich. Arriving in ...
Burn's watercolour and oil landscapes demonstrate his success in capturing the changing effects of light and atmosphere as well as incorporating interesting contemporary details.
Considered by contemporary critics to be a 'poet-painter' of colonial subjects. His Turner-esque technique nevertheless came to be considered overly stylised which may explain why, ...
Henry Deering was a scenic artist and theatrical producer. In 1851 he was credited with painting the moving diorama introduced into the pantomime he produced ...
A sketcher, actor and entomologist, Edwards worked in Australia as an actor and made natural history sketches. He ultimately owned one of the largest insect ...
Henry Gritten was a painter and professional photographer. He 'enjoyed the favour of Prince Albert, the Duke of Norfolk and the Marquis of Westminster'. Gritten ...
Painter, engraver, lithographer and photographer, born in England and moved to the Ballarat goldfields in 1853. Taught art in Melbourne in the late 1870s-mid 1880s ...
Illustrator, cartoonist and writer, spent five years in Victoria, 1840-45. He left a pictorial record, sometimes comic, of the early settlement and Aboriginal life in ...
A professional photographer and photolithographer, Deveril worked in Melbourne until 1873 when he moved to New Zealand permanently. He was quite prolific and worked as ...
A professional photographer, Dufty travelled around Victoria offering his services. His images were said to be 'the sweetest Australian scenes' photographed.