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John Nelson b. 1825

Also known as John McKirdy Nelson

Artist (Painter)

Nelson was a landscape painter, schoolteacher and police clerk. He painted prolifically as he travelled throughout Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC

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Established in 1886, the Warrnambool Art Gallery offers a diverse collection of artworks, from elegant European salon paintings to the Avant-garde modernism of the Angry Penguins.

Artworks range from romanticised colonial landscapes to contemporary Australian printmaking by Juan Davila, Barbara Hanrahan and Ray Arnold.

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http://www.thewag.com.au/
National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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https://www.nla.gov.au/
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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http://cs.nga.gov.au/Default.cfm
La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

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Against the wall.Mixed media 1460mm x1160mm
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS

Website

http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/qvmag/index.php?c=3

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John Nelson b. 1825

Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC

National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS

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