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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' ...
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 ...
Atherton, Vida Althea, b. 1875
Late colonial/Federation era Queensland sketcher. Atherton began drawing at a young age and was still sketching some years later while on her honeymoon. Most of ...
Banks, Elizabeth Lindsay, b. 1849
An educator who brought drawing classes into the curriculum under her charge. Banks was appointed infant mistress at the Public School on Riley St in ...
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 ...
Barling, M., b. 1885
Miss Barling exhibited at the Royal Art Society in 1908 and 1909. There is some speculation that she might otherwise be known as the printmaker ...
Barrow, Lottie, b. 1876
Miss Lottie Bates Barrow was an artist who helped bring the Aesthetic Movement to Western Australia around 1900.
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 ...
Beasley, Hillson, b. 1855
Architect credited with designs for the Art Gallery, the Public Library, Fremantle Technical School and, with John Grainger, Parliament House among many other places.
Beecroft, Herbert, b. 1864
Widely printed early 20th century Sydney painter, miniaturist, postcard artist and theatrical lightning sketch artist and lecturer.
Begg, Samuel, b. 1854
Late colonial era cartoonist, illustrator and sculptor. London-born Begg arrived in Sydney in 1877 via New Zealand. He and William Macleod were the only professional ...
Belcher, Edward William, b. 1842
Edward William Belcher worked as a professional photographer in 19th century South Australia, alternatively in partnership with George Freeman and on his own.
Bell, George Frederick Henry, b. 1878
The artist George Bell is best known for his influential role as a teacher in Melbourne and his promotion of modernism in Australia.
Benbow, Anne, b. 1841
Anne Benbow lived her entire life in Oyster Cove, Tasmania, much of it on an old Aboriginal reserve. Despite the fact that many of Benbow's ...
Bisdee, Bessie
Miss Bessie Bisdee exhibited her landscape drawings at various exhibitions in Hobart in the late nineteenth century.
Boultbee, B.
Miss B. Boultbee was a drawing teacher at Hobart Girls High School in the late 19th century. In 1900 she was an exhibitor with the ...
Bowring, Emily Stuart, b. 1835
Sketcher Emily Stuart Bowring's known and attributed pencil and watercolour drawings are mainly of places where she lived or visited. Most depict homesteads or their ...
Boyd, William Alexander Jenyns, b. 1842
A.J. Boyd was involved in the teaching profession for a good part of his life. In 1882 his book "Old Colonials" was published and which ...
Brown, Edith J. Bell, b. 1864
A sketcher of early buildings, drawing teacher, she taught model drawing in Sydney in the early twentieth century. Bell-Brown also painted on china and produced ...
Campbell, M.
Miss M. Campbell was a working member and exhibitor with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1908.