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painter and chemist, arrived at Wellington, New Zealand in 1849 and set up business as a chemist. Soon after his arrival he became known locally as a painter. After holding an art union of 60 of his paintings and engravings at Lyttleton in 1852, Barraud seems to have travelled to Victoria. C.D. Barraud exhibited two works at the 1854 Melbourne Exhibition, Forest of Black Birch, New Zealand and a watercolour portrait of George Guillaume (apparently of Melbourne). He was possibly the 'Mr Barrow’ who painted a portrait of The Right Worshipful the Mayor (noted in the Melbourne Argus of 1 June 1858 but evidently done earlier).
Barraud showed Horowenna Lake, New Zealand (w/c, £25), Bush Scene, New Zealand (w/c, £20) and three unspecified New Zealand views (w/cs, £10) at the 1857 Victorian Society of Fine Arts Exhibition from a Wellington address, when he was well ensconced on the other side of the Tasman. He gained a wider colonial reputation in 1865 when he won a silver medal in the New Zealand Exhibition at Dunedin. After visiting London in 1873 to prepare a book of New Zealand views (published 1877), he became a successful and popular painter in New Zealand, particularly in the 1880s. His work was included in major New Zealand and international exhibitions such as the 1880 International and 1888 Centennial International at Melbourne, and he is represented in major New Zealand galleries and in the Hocken Library, Dunedin. No Australian works have been located.