J. Tensfeld b. c.1 January 1830

Also known as T. Jensfield
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and professional photographer, showed artworks in fourth Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts at Melbourne in 1864, and in the Ballarat Mechanics Institute Exhibition, and appears to have painted over a photograph in the painting 'Main Street, Daylesford.' Worked as a painter-photographer in New Zealand 1866-1870 and as a painter in the United States 1870-1880s.
Name
J. Tensfeld
Also known as T. Jensfield
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1 January 1830
Birth place
Holstein , Germany
Death date
8 September 1893
Death place
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Burial place
Bellefontain Cemetery, St Louis, Missouri, plot 7366 , United States
Active Period
  • c.1862 - c.1880
  • -
Residence
  • 1865 92 Bourke Street, East Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1859 - 1866 Victoria.
  • 1874 - 1893 United State of America
  • c.1866 - 1870 New Zealand
Training
  • -
Languages
  • German
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870