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Proud, Thomas, b. 1813
Proud was a scene-painter, his sudden death in May 1867 in his bed at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, made headlines in The Age newspaper.
Prout, John Skinner, b. 1805
Prout was a painter, lithographer, art teacher and writer. An Australian critic once described his works as 'one of those wild and scattery bits, both ...
Prout, Maria Heathilla, b. 1807
On seeing Prout perform, one critic found it gratifying and astonishing 'to find in this remote part of the British dominions, talents in the arts ...
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Prout, Victor Albert, b. 1835
Prout was a portrait painter and professional photographer, the son of musical and artistic parents Maria and John Skinner Prout. He spent his professional career ...
Pâris, François-Edmond, b. 1806
François-Edmond Pâris was a painter, draughtsman, scholar and naval officer. He was born in Paris in 1806. Pâris entered the navy in 1820 and within ...
Qwist, Christian Ludwig, b. 1818
Photographer and goldsmith of Danish heritage. A resident of Bendigo and in later years Sydney, mainly noted for his design and craftsmanship of commissioned commemorative ...
R., J.
Known only by the initials J.R. this sketcher is believed to have painted the notorious tribal leader 'Musquito' who allegedly murdered a woman and is ...
R., M.
The sketcher known only by the initials M.R., had their 'meritorious drawing' denied a prize at the South Australian Society of Arts as it had ...
Rae, John, b. 1813
"I am anxious to make some of you amateurs like myself" was Rae's plea to students at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in 1855. ...
Randall, Alfred, b. 1831
Alfred Randall was a watercolourist, illuminator, lithographer, draughtsman, surveyor and civil engineer. He drew the title page to an album of Tasmanian photographs presented to ...
Randall, E. E.
Miss E. E. Randall was a sketcher. In 1864 she was awarded a prize for a study of a head in crayons (apparently a copy) ...
Rankin,
Mrs Rankin was a miniature and botanical painter. She showed her works in the 1857 Fine Art Exhibition held at the Sydney Mechanics School of ...
Ransome, Richard
Richard Ransome was a copper engraver. In the 1850s he engraved views of Sydney scenes and buildings. Soon after 1855 Ransome moved to Melbourne.
Rasché, William
William Rasché was a painter, modeller, architect and civil engineer. He exhibited at the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition. By 1869 Rasché had an established practice ...
Ratcliffe, William
William Ratcliffe was a professional photographer and decorator. He was the name partner in the Queensland firm of W. Ratcliffe & Co. which visited Copperfield ...
Raven,
Mrs Raven was a painter and wax modeller. In 1860 she advertised at Sydney that she would instruct ladies in the art of 'water colour ...
Raworth, William H., b. 1821
Raworth could never stay still, his migrations were frequent and his residence anywhere rarely exceeded three years. He shifted between New Zealand, Australia and England ...
Read, Richard Daniel, b. 1796
Richard Read junior was a miniature, portrait and historical painter. Although by no means the only portrait painter in the colony, Read's career was one ...
Reay, William, b. 1830
William Reay, painter, art teacher, poet and coal-miner, migrated to Australia in response to the colonial success of his painting, 'Adam and Eve Expelled from ...
Reed, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Reed worked as a professional photographer at Forbes, New South Wales, in 1861 to 1862. A carte-de-visite of a two-storey mid-Victorian hotel in Mudgee, ...