Charles Arthur Wheeler b. 4 January 1880

Also known as Charles Wheeler, C. Wheeler
  • Artist (Painter)
painter and art teacher, Melbourne. His artwork 'The Fancy Dress' 1909 was shown in the Fine Art Society's Galleries, Melbourne. Another artwork of his is 'The Portfolio' exhibited in 1909. Uncle of New Zealand landscape painter Colin Wheeler.
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painter and art teacher, Melbourne.

The Fancy Dress 1909, oil on canvas in Sotheby’s Fine Australian Paintings 22-23 April 1996, cat.294, is a portrait of Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart modelling an 'Arts Ball’ gown for the Sunday afternoon class of the National Gallery of Victoria [NGV] Art School. Formerly in the Baldwin Spencer collection, shown Fine Art Society’s Galleries, Melbourne, May 1919 (ill. fig.12).

The Portfolio by C. Wheeler, exhibited in 1909 Victorian Artists’ Society and 'a work recommended for purchase by the Felton Trustees [NGV], was a great thing in color, manipulation and design. The proper place for a work of this kind should be a public gallery; and it is a pity that the Felton commissioners’ choice was not ratified’: [Anon], 'The Art of the Year’, Lone Hand 1 April 1910, p.672. The Portfolio was in fact acquired by the [National] Art Gallery of New South Wales, while the National Gallery of Victoria puchased The Poem .

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Alternative names
  • Charles Wheeler
  • C. Wheeler
  • Charles Wheeler
  • C. Wheeler
Arrivals
  • c.1892
  • c.1892
Related people
  • Stewart, Janet Agnes Cumbrae (associate of)
  • Spencer, Baldwin (associate of)
  • Wheeler, Colin (relative of)
  • Stewart, Janet Agnes Cumbrae (associate of)
  • Spencer, Baldwin (associate of)
  • Wheeler, Colin (relative of)
Related person groups
  • Victorian Artists' Society (associate of)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (associate of)
Related works
  • The Portfolio (creator of)
  • The Fancy Dress (creator of)
  • The Portfolio (creator of)
  • The Fancy Dress (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Archibald Prize, 1933 (received)
  • Archibald Prize, 1933 (received)
Related events
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (exhibited at)
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