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Solomon, M. J.
Painter, exhibited with the South Australian Society of Arts at Adelaide in 1859.
Solomon, Saul, b. 1836
Portrait painter, professional photographer, businessman, civic leader and politician. The La Trobe Library has a number of albums of his work and the Mortlock Library ...
Southern, E.
An artist known by various names and occupations through erroneous referencing. An elusive teacher of 'artistic drawing' he disappeared after 1860.
Spurr, Thomas, b. 1801
Dismissed as a clergyman, Spurr advertised as a drawing and painting teacher before going on to become an architectural draughtsman. A position he was consequently ...
Stacey, John Samuel, b. 1830
Young artist and teacher who was regularly praised in the local press but like so many others found the artistic freelance life a difficult one ...
Starnes, William Henry, b. 1815
A painter and coach-maker, Starnes exhibited with the South Australian Society of Arts. His enthusiasm one year lead him to show works under two names ...
Steffanoni, Lewis, b. 1837
painter, illuminator and businessman, was born in London before moving to Australia. He made many well known illuminations, and won a bronze medal at the ...
Stephen, George, b. 1812
Throughout his artistic life Stephen worked as a miniaturist and sketcher, offset by such occupations as public servant, geologist, barrister, politician and faith healer (it ...
Stevens, George
Painter and photographer(?), exhibited twenty-two still-life paintings at the Royal Academy, London. Despite glowing reviews, Stevens appears to have had very little success in selling ...
Stocqueler, Edwin Roper Loftus, b. 1829
Prolific goldfields painter particularly known for his dioramas depicting life on the goldfields, which were widely exhibited, to much acclaim.
Stocqueler, Jane
Botanical painter, was described by the Bendigo Advertiser as being 'rather a good painter of flowers'.
Stone, James Doveton, b. 1831
Landscape painter who resided in Melbourne and Adelaide from the late 1850s to the late 1880s. Stone exhibited on many occasions with the South Australian ...
Stopps, Arthur James, b. 1833
A watercolourist and lithographer, Stopps produced many scenes from the Victorian goldfields.
Story, George Fordyce, b. 1800
Medical practitioner, amateur photographer and botanist who arrived in Tasmania in the late 1820s to serve as a government surgeon at various locations. Story spent ...
Strafford, George, b. 1820
Talented and highly technically proficient engraver who suffered mental illness and declined into obscurity.
Strange, Frederick, b. 1807
Shipped to Tasmania for robbing a grocery shop, Strange established himself as a portrait painter in Launceston where he also painted a number of views ...
Strawbridge, Eliza, b. 1818
Female colonial artist who conducted a school in her home and taught Edith Cook (later the prominent educationalist Edith Hubbe). Some of Eliza's finely detailed ...
Strother, Charles Henry, b. 1837
Despite his death at a young age, and with no known examples of works available, Strother has been described as 'an artist of no mean ...
Strutt, Annie
Strutt is known for her sketches and watercolours. A collection of her works are in the Van Diemen's Land Folk Museum in Hobart.
Strutt, William, b. 1825
Strutt was a productive and versatile painter and a founding member of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts. His most famous painting is undoubtedly 'Black ...