Edward Opie b. 1809

Also known as Mr Opie, Edward Andrew Opie
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, scene-painter, theatre director and actor. Born in England he arrived in Australia in 1839 and worked throughout South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania. He reputedly broke his right arm soon after his arrival and had to learn to paint with his left. He is not known to have signed his paintings and few have been located.

Citations

  • (30 April 1846), Sentinel.

  • (15 February 1842), South Australian News.

  • Bagot, A. (1965), 'Coppin the Great’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Carroll, A. (1981), 'Graven Images in the Promised Land’, Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA.

  • Colligan, Mimi (2002), 'Canvas Documentaries’, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1888), 'Garryowen’, The Chronicles of Early Melbourne, Volume 2, Melbourne, Vic. [facsimile reprint, no date].

  • Jensen, E. & Jensen, R. (1980), 'Colonial Architecture in South Australia’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Webby, E. (1992), 'Companion to Theatre and Dance in Australia’, Sydney, NSW [Parsons, P. (ed.)].

  • Wilson, S.C. & Borrow, K.T. (1973), 'The Bridge over the Ocean’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Wood, C. (1971), 'Dictionary of Victorian Painters’, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK.

  • (20 June 1845), Port Phillip Patriot.

  • Oppenheim, Helen (1824), 'Colonial theatre: The rise of the legitimate stage in Australia 1824-1847’, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (manuscript).

  • (21 April 1846), Port Phillip Herald.

  • (1847), Port Phillip Patriot Almanac.

  • Information sourced from Thomson, J.

  • Information sourced from Neville, R.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.

  • Information sourced from Harris, Helen D.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870