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Adamson, John
Scottish colonial male draughtsman whose sketches and paintings of Melbourne were reproduced as lithographs even after his sudden death at sea en route to Calcutta. ...
Aikenhead, James, b. 1815
Scottish male colonial sketcher and founder of the Launceston Examiner, Aikenhead's journal recording his emigration from London to Tasmania, with his only known drawings, has ...
Aitken, John
Colonial sketcher and clergyman who managed to produce an album of sketches while on a whirlwind 12 month world tour that took in NSW, Victoria, ...
Akers, Charles Style, b.
English colonial Royal engineer whose watercolours and drawings of Tasmanian scenery belied his frustration at having received such a far-flung posting. He later painted icebergs ...
Allport, Francis Evett, b. 1843
Francis Allport was the son and pupil of sketcher Mary Morton Allport. Examples of his work are preserved in Mary's 'Book of Treasures' which is ...
Allport, Gordon, b. 1845
Child artist, son of sketcher Mary Morton Allport whose artistic skills were sadly not fully realised because he drowned aged five. Examples of early drawings ...
Allport, Mary Louise, b. 1832
Only daughter of sketcher Mary Morton Allport. Minnie Allport's work mainly consisted of delicate watercolours of native Australian flowers, both single specimens and decorative bunches.
Archer,
Sketcher. A book of sketches drawn by Archer in the 1850s is now held in private collection.
Arkeveld, Hans, b. 1942
Perth-based painter, sculptor and printmaker. Has been a long term artist in residence at the School of Anatomy and Human Biology at the University of ...
Atkinson, John
Watercolour painter and drawing master who lived and painted in Van Diemen's Land during the 1830s. In 1833 Atkinson and his wife opened the Stanwell ...
Backhouse, James, b. 1794
Only in Australia for six years, Backhouse kept extensive records of his experiences, which were then posthumously published in London. His observations have proven to ...
Barron, Harry, b. 1847
Governor of Western Australia who was associated with the West Australian Society of Arts.
Barrow, William
An amateur portrait painter in Hobart, Tasmania, William Barrow's work came to the eye of one of the writers from The Mercury newspaper.
Bartlett, T. F.
In 1888, a writer on the Mercury was enthusiastic about the artistic skills of T.F. Bartlett, an untrained but gifted artist.
Bass, William C.
Working Tasmania in 1855, William Bass specialised in portraiture advertising that he was happy to visit sitters in their own homes.
Baxter, Annie Maria, b. 1816
Annie Maria Baxter was a prolific writer who kept meticulous diaries of her life in Australia. Her few surviving drawings are now held at the ...
Beale, Margaret
Arriving in Australia with her younger children, Beale joined her husband (and elder children) in Tasmania before moving to Melbourne. In Hobart Town she had ...
Becker, Ludwig, b. 1808
An undervalued member of the fateful Burke and Wills expedition, Ludwig Becker was an accomplished artist and naturalist whose contribution to the expedition has belatedly ...
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Bellette, Jean Mary, b. 1909
Respected painter and illustrator of the 1940s and '50s and a two-time winner of the Sulman Prize.
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 ...