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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.
Adam, J.
Melburnian student sketcher who won first prize for their antique figure drawings at Melbourne's National Gallery School in 1903.
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 ...
Alsop, Edith Annie Mary, b. 1871
Painter, illustrator and printmaker who studied at the Central School of Arts in London and under André Lhôte in Paris. Despite her formal fine art ...
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. ...
Anderson, Theodore
A prominent member of the Victorian Art scene, she was the only woman in a group that seceded from the Victorian Academy of Arts in ...
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 ...
Annear, Harold Desbrowe, b. 1865
Born in 1865, Harold Desbrowe-Annear was an architect and teacher of drawing. His drawings for the Victorian War Memorial were illustrated in 'Art and Australia' ...
Arnest, John Maud, b.
Born in the United States, John Maud Arnest made a comprehensive collection of photographs showing life in the Australian town of Hamilton, Victoria from 1900-1920.
Ashton, George Rossi, b. 1857
Painter, illustrator and cartoonist, came to Australia at the encouragement of his brother Julian Ashton. Remained in Australia for 14 years mainly working as an ...
Ashton, Julian Howard, b. 1877
Also known as Howard Ashton, Julian was a painter who exhibited with the Society of Artists and the Royal Agricultural Society, as well as in ...
Atkinson, Helen L., b. 1874
Painter and designer who illustrated her brother E.J. Rupert Atkinson's book of poems, The Shrine of Desire, in 1906. The following year she won first ...
Baker, Christina Asquith, b. 1869
Portrait and figure painter who studied in Paris and in Melbourne at the National Gallery School under Frederick McCubbin. Baker was still exhibiting at the ...
Baker, Elizabeth Ison , b. 1864
amateur photographer and astronomical assistant, youngest daughter of Captain Henry Evans Baker, meteorologist of the Ballarat Observatory and aunt of amateur photographer, Euphemia Eleanor (Effie) ...
Bale, Alice Marion Ellen, b. 1875
Alice Bale never lived elsewhere but her native Victoria. She became a well-known painter in her time and was a great supporter of women in ...
Ballment, Marion, b. 1879
Painter and teacher who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts for a number of years.
Barak, William, b. 1824
Wurundjeri Ngurungaeta (headman) and artist, William Barak created over fifty distinctive charcoal drawings with natural ochres and water colour of purely Aboriginal subjects. A politician ...
Barnes, William Rodney, b. 1851
Early 20th century cartoonist, painter, illustrator and theatrical designer; active in Melbourne, New Zealand and America.
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 ...
Baskerville, Margaret Frances Ellen, b. 1861
Despite training across several artistic disciplines Baskerville is best known for her sculpture, indeed she is regarded as Victoria's first professional woman sculptor. In 1911 ...