John Shearer Bowman b. 1819

Also known as J. S. Bowman
  • Artist (Painter)
John Shearer Bowman was a Scottish immigrant to Australia. Being both a painter and an art teacher and a regular exhibitor to exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne, there is some confusion over which paintings were Bowman's and which of them were by his students.

Citations

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • (1873), Art Journal, December.

  • Fletcher, B.H. (1966), 'John Bowman’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Vic..

  • Mowle, L.M. (1978), 'A Genealogical History of Pioneer Families of Australia’, Adelaide, SA.

  • Toy, A. et al (1988), 'Hearth and Home’, Historic House Trust catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

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