Thomas Dean b. 28 July 1857

Also known as Thomas Deane
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Sydney based railway fettler and amateur oil painter with an art career lasting over sixty years. Dean was a regular exhibitor with the (Royal) Art Society of New South Wales from 1893, and after his retirement from the NSW Government Railway devoted most of his spare time to painting and photography. He is best known for his oil portraits of women, pastoral landscapes and still life subjects.

Citations

  • (February 2009), 'information from Colin Bishop & Andrew Watters’, unpublished, .

  • (September 2008), 'Thomas Dean – Artist 1857-1947’, Newsletter, Kogarah Historical Society, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW, article based on information from Eric and Meg Thompson.

  • Clifford-Smith, Silas (February 2009), 'Notes from interview with Dean’s grand niece, Nancy Bishop’, unpublished, Nancy Bishop nee Thompson knew Thomas Dean as a girl. Nancy’s mother in her youth acted as house keeper for the artist.

  • (25 August 1906), 'Royal Art Society’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, Review of RAS annual exhibition.

  • Clifford-Smith, Silas (19 May 2010) 'Information sourced from’.

  • Clifford-Smith, Silas (May 2010), 'Australiana’, Australiana Society.

  • (25 August 1906), 'Royal Art Society’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, Review of RAS annual exhibition.

  • (2008), 'Australian Art Sales Digest 2008’, John Furphy Pty Ltd, Baulkham Hills, NSW.

  • (2 March 1998), 'Sale of the Hercules Collection [auction catalogue]’, James R. Lawson Pty Ltd.

  • (1893), 'Royal Art Society of NSW annual exhibition catalogues’, Royal Art Society of NSW, Sydney, NSW.

  • Pidgeon, W.E. (5 April 1946), 'WEP Art Reviews’, Daily Telegraph, Sydney, NSW. pg 14.

  • (5 April 1946), 'Thomas Dean’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW. pg 11.

  • (5 April 1946), 'Extensive Art Exhibition of Local Interest’, St George Call, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW. pg 1.

Initial data sources

  • 'DAAO Researcher-in-Residence' supported by the Power Institute Foundation for Art & Visual Culture, University of Sydney