Charles Hill b. 1824

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, engraver and teacher, in, England and arrived in Adelaide in 1854 where he became very influential in the local art scene. Hill specialised in genre and narrative subjects, a type of painting not then common in Australia.
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Name
Charles Hill
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher
  • Engraver
Birth date
1824
Birth place
Coventry, England, UK
Death date
1916
Active Period
  • 1850 - 1870
  • c.1854 - c.1861
  • 1861 - 1881
Arrival
  • 1854 (Arrived in South Australia on board the 'Historia'.)
Residence
  • London, England, UK
  • c.1854 - c.1916 Adelaide, SA
Training
  • Worked in London under Samuel William Reynolds the younger., London, England, UK
  • c.1840 - c.1841 Newcastle Academy of Fine Arts, Newcastle, England, UK
  • Apprenticed to a line engraver at Newcastle-upon-Tyne., c.1838 - c.1839 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related stub people
  • Scott, William Bell (associate of)
  • Farr (Archdeacon) (associate of)
  • Hill, Henrietta (parent of)
Related stub person groups
  • [Royal] South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, SA (associate of)
  • Adelaide Sketch Club, Adelaide, SA (associate of)
  • Old Bohemian Club (associate of)
Related works
  • Georgetown (creator of)
  • Family Group (creator of)
  • Mrs Hill and Children (creator of)
  • Henrietta (creator of)
  • The Artist's Wife and Eldest Daughter (creator of)
  • The Proclamation (creator of)
  • The Admella Rescue (creator of)
  • The Choristers (creator of)
Related collections
  • Ayers House, Adelaide, SA (National Trust) (collected in)
  • Mortlock Library of South Australiana, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Local prize (received)
  • Won medal at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (exhibited at)