John Glover b. 18 February 1767

  • Artist (Painter)
Glover's direct experience of nature, both as a pioneer settler and painter, resulted in a fresh and vital approach to Australian painting. Subtleties of the Australian sunlight and the native landscape helped him to throw off the picturesque aesthetic he had so long employed.

Citations

  • Hansen, David (2003), 'John Glover and the colonial picturesque’.

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

  • McPhee, J. (1980), 'The Art of John Glover’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Bonyhady, T. (1985), 'Images in Opposition’, Melbourne, Victoria.

  • Radford, R. (1988), 'Et in arcadia ego’, Creating Australia, Art Gallery South Australia catalogue, Adelaide.

  • Sayers, A. (1989), 'Drawing in Australia’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Topliss, H. (1979), 'Our own Glover?’, Art and Australia, 6/3, March.

  • Watkins, J. (ed) (1988), 'Stories of Australian Art’, Commonwealth Institute catalogue, London, England.

  • (1989), 'Fine Australian Paintings’, Sotheby’s (Melbourne) catalogue, April, 17.

  • Information sourced from Darby, Garry.

Initial data sources

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