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Aikenhead, William, b. 1842
An avid amateur photographer and professional journalist. Aikenhead held many public offices and was active in local Tasmanian politics until his death.
Astley, Charles, b. 1869
Charles Astley's paintings were no more than competent but his teaching of pottery and china painting at the Warwick Technical College and High School and ...
Barnett, H. Walter, b. 1862
A professional photographer working in Australia and Europe in the late nineteenth, early twentieth century, Barnett was arguably Australia's first world-class portrait photographer. His sitters ...
Barratt, Walter
A landscape painter, Walter Barratt worked in watercolours and was active in Launceston, Tasmania in the 1890s.
Beattie, John Watt, b. 1859
John Watt Beattie was a collector and photographer in turn-of-the-century Tasmania. Three years before his death in 1930, Launceston City Council purchased his collection of ...
Bock, Alfred, b. 1835
One of the pioneers of early photography in the 19th century along with his stepfather Thomas Bock, Alfred Bock also pursued a number of other ...
Broinowski, Gracius Joseph, b. 1837
Peripatetic artist who produced copious landscape images and sold them off inventively (through art unions). Finally settling down in Sydney, he taught in various private ...
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Campbell, John, b. 1855
Scenic painter and decorator who worked in Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania. Campbell also painted views of places and buildings around Perth.
Cato, John (Jack) Cyril, b. 1889
Professional photographer and photographic historian.
Duterrau, Benjamin, b. 1767
Duterrau arrived in Australia when he was 65. Already an established artist, he produced many Australian 'firsts' including 'The Conciliation' - the first history painting ...
East, Hubert Springford, b. 1868
Tasmanian born architect and painter who worked in Melbourne, London, Cape Town and Launceston
Jefferson, Joseph, b. 1829
Joseph Jefferson was a landscape and scene-painter and an actor. He was born in 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jefferson made his stage debut when he ...
Lloyd, Henry Grant, b. 1830
A prolific watercolourist painter and sketcher, Lloyd is known as 'Australia's peripatetic artist'. He travelled indefatigably throughout his long life, recording many landscapes in Australia, ...
Marchant, Philip James, b. 1846
Philip Marchant was a colonial photographer in South Australia. Skilled in various photographic processes, he produced a double portrait of himself while showing no signs ...
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 ...
McComas, Francis, b. 1874
Tasmanian born landscape painter who later trained and worked in Sydney, NSW. McComas later migrated to California where he made his name as an artist.
Morris, William Knibb, b. 1833
Sketcher, amateur photographer and salesman from Tasmania. Morris retained an interest in photography all his life.
Reynolds, Len, b. 1897
Cartoonist, illustrator and painter. Reynolds attended Hobart Technical College in 1909-12, 1914 and 1918 and exhibited with the Art Society of Tasmania in 1918-19.
Ritchie, Charles Edward, b. 1863
Charles Edward Ritchie, painter and barrister, was born in Launceston. By profession a barrister, he gave up law in order to study art in Paris ...
Rivers, Richard Godfrey, b. 1858