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Arguimbau, Narcissus George, b. 1829
Watercolourist and naval officer. N.G. Arguimbau painted 'H.M.S. Iris' in 1857 when the ship was serving at the Australia Station. He later settled with his ...
Arragoni, F.
Arragoni was employed as a scene painter during 1856 on The Neapolitan Panorama for Melbourne's Cremorne Gardens. Later that year he offered an oil painting ...
Asselin, John Charles
Italian immigrant who painted Sydney landscapes and bush scenery in the 1850s and 1860s. He advertised as a picture restorer as well as a drawing ...
Austin, William
Draughtsman and painter who exhibited his watercolours in Victoria, Queensland and London. Austin witnessed the arrival of the first gold escort and depicted this event ...
B., A. E.
A.E.B. was a watercolourist who presumably worked in Tasmania in the 1850s. Their work 'Warratah [sic] Mount Wellington' is held in the National Library of ...
B., A. H.
Little is known of the watercolourist who painted landscapes of the NSW and Victorian countryside but that they were active in the mid-nineteenth century around ...
B., C. H. B.
Watercolourist who is known from only five views of Victoria dated 1857 that are held in the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
B., J. I., b. 1822
Jesuit priest who pursued cultural interests along with his commitment to the natural sciences. There is some suggestion that he is the J.I.B who signed ...
Backler, Joseph, b. 1813
Joseph Backler made the best of his transportation to Australia by becoming a prolific and highly regarded portrait painter. He travelled the east coast taking ...
Badgery, Mary Ann, b. 1814
Marriage and nine sons meant that Mary Ann Badgery never realised her ambitions to establish herself as an art teacher however she painted and exhibited ...
Bailey,
The exact identity of the artist Bailey remains unknown - but there are several contenders including the Anglo-Irish sculptor Edward Hodges Baily and the painter ...
Bailey, Mary, b. 1792
Watercolourist active in colonial Hobart in the 1850s. Mary Bailey's watercolour 'View from Sandy Bay' is held by the National Library of Australia.
Baines, John Thomas, b. 1820
John Thomas Baines spent most of his life in Africa, although he travelled to Australia to join the North Australian Expedition of 1855. Always an ...
Baird, Kennedy Mackintosh, b. 1838
An amateur artist, Kennedy Baird produced both textile and watercolour works.
Balcombe, Thomas Tyrwhitt, b. 1810
Although Thomas Balcombe did not enjoy working as a public servant, his position as a field surveyor afforded him the opportunity to travel extensively. His ...
Ball, Adam Gustavus, b. 1821
Like so many artists of the period, Ball's job as a civil engineer allowed him to travel throughout South Australia recording scenes of outback life ...
Barker, W. B.
Mid-nineteenth century sketcher. Barker's watercolour of Garden Island in Sydney Harbour is held by the Newcastle Regional Art Gallery.
Barnes, Philip
A resident of Tasmania, Philip Barnes worked as a theatrical designer and teacher. His surviving works are of Launceston subjects.
Barraud, Charles Decimus, b. 1822
Despite living mostly in New Zealand, Barraud spent several years in Victoria and in 1854 he exhibited several paintings, all of New Zealand scenes, at ...
Bartley, N.
N. Bartley was an artist and/or an exhibitor at the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880. There is some speculation Bartley is the author Naham Bartley.