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Abbott, Ernest Edwin, b. 1889
Ernest Edwin Abbott (1889-1973), English-born printmaker, painter and art teacher, based mainly in Melbourne, Victoria.
Abel, August Theodor, b. 1802
This chemist, mineralogist and amateur artist had an interest in religious art. A German immigrant, he settled in Ballarat, becoming an active member of the ...
Abrahams, Louis, b. 1852
Late colonial era Melbourne businessman and painter: the wood panels for the 1889 9x5 Impressionists exhibition in Melbourne came from his family's cigar factory.
Adams, R. T.
Male colonial painter of fishermen who exhibited in Australia and London, England in the 1870s.
Adamson, James Hazell, b. 1829
This diverse artist practised as a painter, lithographer and professional photographer. His works encompassed portrait, landscape and still life genres. Exhibiting in Adelaide, Melbourne and ...
Adamson, John
Scottish colonial male draughtsman whose sketches and paintings of Melbourne were reproduced as lithographs even after his sudden death at sea en route to Calcutta. ...
Akers, Charles Style, b.
English colonial Royal engineer whose watercolours and drawings of Tasmanian scenery belied his frustration at having received such a far-flung posting. He later painted icebergs ...
Aldis, Albert Edward, b. 1865
Albert Edward Aldis, an English artist who emigrated to New Zealand in 1886. He lived and painted in both New Zealand and Australia, spending the ...
Alkins, Horace F.
Alkins was a painter who was known to be active in Melbourne and Brisbane from 1880.
Allport, Curzon, b. 1837
Sketcher, amateur photographer and solicitor. Son of artist Mary Morton Allport. Allport was the first president of the Tasmanian Photographic, Science and Art Association, elected ...
Alta,
Mr Alta was a scenic artist at the Alexandra Theatre in Melbourne, known for his wild appearance and 'elaborately realistic' scenery. He worked at a ...
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Altson, Abbey, b. 1866
Winner of 1890 NGV Travelling Scholarship, painter of portraits and landscapes, Alston also worked in London doing illustrations for Pearson's Magazine and the Pall Mall ...
Altson, Daniel Meyer, b. 1881
Younger brother of painter Abbey Alston, Daniel Alston was an etcher and painter who studied design and painting at the National Gallery of Victoria Schools. ...
Amor, Rick, b. 1948
Contemporary Melbourne painter, printmaker and political cartoonist. In 1999 the Australian War Memorial appointed Amor as an official war artist, along with Archibald Prize-winning painter ...
Amstel, J. W. Ploos Van, b.
Colonial Dutch Consul-General to Victoria who made watercolour sketches and photographs during his travels around Australia.
Anderson, George
George Anderson was a painter and decorator who was responsible for the decoration of a number of buildings in Heathcote, Victoria, including the hall at ...
Anderson, James, b.
James Anderson was a prolific portrait painter of the mid to late 19th century. His subjects included everyone from the well-known circus proprietor Joseph Rowe ...
Anderson, John
Painter, had two oil paintings exhibited in the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition.
Anderson, Robert Shortried, b. 1833
Scottish architectural draughtsman who emigrated to Victoria in 1851. Anderson painted views of the Castlemaine district, including an oil painting, 'Mount Alexander Gold Diggings'.
Anderson, William Nicholls, b. 1873
A student of Frederick McCubbin, William Nicholls Anderson was a landscape painter who exhibited for several decades with the Victorian Artists Society. On his death ...