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Hulme, Edward, b. 1818
Edward Hulme was a painter, lithographer, art teacher, gold-miner and farmer who came to Melbourne with his family in 1856. On arriving he was soon ...
Johnson, William Elliott, b. 1862
Federation-era amateur topographical artist, lithographer and Federal politician. Johnson assisted his father as a scenic artist at Covent Garden in London before migrating to Australia.
Lang, Ludwig, b. 1834
A German-born nineteenth-century lithographer based in Melbourne. His lithographs were mostly reproductions.
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Lindsay, Lionel, b. 1874
The first member of the prolific Lindsay family to become a professional illustrator. A constant experimenter with photography and etching, Lionel Lindsay became a dominant ...
Long, Sydney, b. 1871
Sydney Long established an early reputation in the 1890s as a painter of decorative Art Nouveau landscape and mythological subjects. Later, in London, some of ...
MacNally, Matthew James, b. 1873
A well known art critic and journalist, James MacNally was also a highly regarded watercolour artist during the interwar years.
Mason, Cyrus, b. 1829
English colonial male lithographer, watercolourist, and draughtsman. His diverse career included writing and illustrating children's books, teaching, publishing newspapers, public speaking and founding music and ...
Mason, Edward, b. 1845
English colonial wood engraver and painter who worked with his brother Frederick on numerous illustrations for a range of Sydney newspapers. He had many jobs ...
Mather, John, b. 1848
Glasgow born and educated, John Mather came to Melbourne hoping to pursue a full time career as an artist, but for some years had to ...
Mather, John Baxter, b. 1853
Late colonial period Adelaide painter, illustrator, etcher, curator, critic and journalist. In 1913, Mather was director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Menpes, Mortimer, b. 1860
While living in Japan in the 1880s, Menpes outraged Whistler, who accused him of plagiarising his own Japanese methods in painting. Whether this was so ...
Niven, Francis Wilson, b. 1831
A sketcher, photographer, lithographer, carver, printer and stationary manufacturer. Upon arriving in Ballarat, Niven purchased a lithographic press from Alfred Ronalds for £40 - said ...
Nuttall, Charles, b. 1872
Federation era Melbourne painter, cartoonist, illustrator, etcher and journalist. Nuttall was colour-blind, so specialised in black and white work and monochrome paintings from which his ...
Oldham, James, b. 1840
James Oldham was a founding member of the Ballarat Art Gallery. He also founded a School of Design at the Mechanics Institute in Ballarat, Victoria.
Patterson, Ambrose, b. 1877
Australian-born American painter, printmaker and teacher, Ambrose Patterson's reputation in Australia is based mainly on the work he produced in Paris between 1901 and 1910 ...
Piguenit, William Charles, b. 1836
Influential and widely exhibited late Colonial era Hobart and Sydney landscape painter, amateur photographer, draughtsman and explorer.
Reid, David G., b. 1860
Scottish-born artist David G. Reid was an active member of the Sydney art scene from the mid 1880s up to the early 1930s. He is ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...