painter and photographer, came to Melbourne in 1857 and was employed in a photographic studio. Exhibited Victorian Academy of Arts from 1878 and Victorian Artists’ Society until 1892. Moved to Bendigo and opened a photographic studio. Has 6 water colours in Bendigo Art Gallery (McCulloch, Artists of the Australian Gold Rush ).
Melbourne International Exhibition 1880: Victoria – Paintings and Drawings Exhibited by the Victorian Academy of Arts – Oil Paintings – Bugg, R.W. – no.2 Going Free .
Competition organised by John Sands for a distinctly Australian design to be reproduced as a Christmas card: “No.589, Robert William Bugg, Collins Street, Melbourne Port Lonsdale, Port Phillip “ ( Sydney Morning Herald , 23 May 1881, p.5).
Exhibited at Australian Artists Association (Vic) in winter and summers exhibitions 1887.
Exhibited in the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition 1888-9, Victorian Artists’ Gallery (Watercolours) no.141 Near Toorak .
Listed in Sands 1889.
Exhibition at Athenaeum Hall in March 1922.
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- Date written:
- 1999
- Last updated:
- 2011
