Eliezer Montefiore b. 1820

Also known as Eliezer Levi Montefiore
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, etcher, art patron, gallery director and businessman, he helped establish the New South Wales Academy of Art and the National Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Citations

  • Draffin, N. (December 1987), 'An enthusiastic amateur of the arts: E.L. Montefiore in Melbourne 1853-1871’, Art Bulletin of Victoria, .

  • Information sourced from Faerber, Ruth.

  • Bergman, G. (1974), 'Eliezer Levi Montefiore’, in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, [Pike, D. (ed.)], Melbourne, Vic.

  • Faerber, R. (1977), 'Eliezer Levi Montefiore’, Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 8/4.

  • Nott, R. (1977), Imprint 3.

  • Thomas, Daniel (1976), 'Australian Art in the 1870s’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (18 December 1856), The Argus.

  • Faerber, R. (1978), Great Synagogue Centenary exhibition catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • (23 October 1894), '(Obituary)’, Sydney Morning Herald.

  • Information sourced from Deakin, E.

  • Information sourced from Anderson, I.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

Initial data sources

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