George Knight Erskine Fairholme b. 1822

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Described by his contemporaries as 'the most handsome man ever to come through Cunningham's Gap', the watercolourist and polymath George Fairholme had a fairytale life. Without wealth or property of his own, he worked for friends droving sheep before inheriting two properties. He subsequently travelled to Europe, met and married an Austrian baroness, and lived for the rest of his life between Sco
Name
George Knight Erskine Fairholme
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Squatter (ANZSIC code: 01)
  • Author (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Palaeontologist (ANZSIC code: 6910)
  • Botanist (ANZSIC code: 6910)
  • Explorer (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Birth date
1822
Birth place
Midlothian, Scotland, UK, Lugate, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Birth note
Lugate
Death date
1889
Active Period
  • 1839 - 1851
Residence
  • Wellenau, near Bregenz, Austria
  • Scotland, UK
  • Queensland
Training
  • Taught by Edward Pretty
  • Rugby School, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870