John Michael Crossland b. 1800

  • Artist (Painter)
Portrait painter, born in England. A resident of Adelaide, he was the most accomplished portrait painter in South Australia of the period.

Citations

  • (June 1985), 'Selected Australian Works of Art’, Lauraine Diggins catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, .

  • Benko, N. (1969), 'Art and Artists of South Australia’, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Graves, A. (1905), 'The Royal Academy of Arts’, London, England.

  • Jones, J. (1988), 'Reclaimed from barbarism’, Creating Australia, ed. D. Thomas and R. Radford, Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Ormond, R. (1973), 'Early Victorian Portraits’, London, England.

  • Tregenza, J. (1984), 'Two notable portraits of South Australian Aborigines’, Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, vol 12.

  • Wilson, S. C. and Borrow, K. T. (1973), 'The Bridge over the Ocean’, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Wood, C. (1978), 'The Dictionary of Victorian Painters’, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.

  • (1854), South Australian Register, 7 Jan, 16 Oct, 27, 28 Dec.

See also

  • 'Nannultera, a Young Cricketer of the Natives' Training Institution, Poonindie, 1854, oil on canvas, 99x78.8cm. Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia (on loan Australian National Gallery)'.

Initial data sources

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