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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Citations

  • Appleyard, R.G. (January 1967), 'Charles Hill’, National Gallery of South Australia Bulletin, (28/3), .

See also

  • 'Family Group, c.1870, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA'.

Initial data sources

  • 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)