Knud Geelmuyden Bull b. 10 September 1811

Also known as Knut Bull, Thomas Evans
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, photographer and drawing master in Hobart and Sydney in the mid to late nineteeth century. Bull arrived in Australia as a convict, having been arrested for 'Feloniously making part of a Foreign Note for 100 Dollars'. Best known for his Tasmanian landscapes, a number of Bull's works may have been wrongly attributed given their similarity to the work of fellow painter J.G. Medland and the f

Citations

  • Thieme, U, & Becker, F., 'Allgemeines Lexikon der Bilenden Künstler, 37 Volumes’, Leipzig, 1907/1950.

  • Aubert, A (1920), 'Maleren Johan Christian Dahl’, Oslo, Norway.

  • Kolenberg, H & Kolenberg, J (1988), 'Tasmanian Vision’, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, Tas.

  • Skedsmo, T (1982), 'Knud Bull’, Norsk Kunstner Leksikon vol 1, Oslo, Norway.

  • (1980), 'Australian Colonial Painting’, Deutscher Fine Art catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1983), 'Australian Paintings’, Deutscher Fine Art catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Callaway, A (1990), 'Colonial transparencies: Seeing through history and myth’, Australian Art Association Conference, Sydney, September.

  • Hansen, I (1989), 'Australia’s Norwegian convict painter Knud Geelmuyden Bull 1811 1889’, BA (Hons) thesis, Australia National University, Canberra, ACT.

  • Information sourced from Curnow, Heather.

  • (1855), Hobart Town Courier, 09-14.

Initial data sources

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