Eugen Wilhelm Ernst De Balk b. c.1839

Also known as Baron De Balk
  • Artist (Photographer)
De Balk worked as a professional photographer in Sydney and Geelong. He was one of the earliest recorded artists to experiment with composite photography in Australia.

Citations

  • 'NSW Birth and Death Records : 1747/1870; 1179/1870’.

  • Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Brownhill, W. R. (1955), 'The History of Geelong and Corio Bay’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Fox, Paul (1987), 'Geelong on Exhibition: A Photographic Image’, Geelong Art Gallery catalogue, Geelong, Vic.

  • (1987), 'Lost Images of Geelong’, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong ,Vic.

  • (1866), Dicker’s Mining Record, 03-20.

  • NSW Death Index, 70/01179.

Initial data sources

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