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Name
Charles Rodius
Also known as:
  • Charles Rhodius
  • Charles Rodins
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • architect
  • Art teacher
  • singer
  • lithographer
  • draughtsman
  • illustrator
  • portraitist
Birth date
1802
Birth place
Cologne, Germany
Death date
8 April 1860
Death place
Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW., Liverpool Hospital (for paupers), Sydney, NSW.
Death note
Liverpool Hospital for paupers
Active Period
  • 1829 - 1856
Arrival
  • 1829 (Arrived in Sydney on board the 'Sarah'.)
Residence
  • c.1820 - c.1827 Paris, France.
  • 1851 - 1860 Sydney, NSW.
  • 1849 - 1851 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1829 - 1849 Sydney, NSW.
  • 1827 - 1829 London, UK
Training
  • c.1820 - c.1827 Academy, Paris, France
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Other occupations
  • architect
  • Art teacher
  • singer
  • lithographer
  • draughtsman
  • illustrator
  • portraitist
  • architect
  • Art teacher
  • singer
  • lithographer
  • draughtsman
  • illustrator
  • portraitist
Alternative names
  • Charles Rhodius
  • Charles Rodins
  • Charles Rhodius
  • Charles Rodins
Arrivals
  • 1829 (Arrived in Sydney on board the 'Sarah'.)
  • December 1829 (Arrived in Sydney on board the 'Sarah'.)
Related people
  • Janssen, Jacob (associate of)
  • Goyder, George (associate of)
  • Earle, Augustus (associate of)
  • Smith, (associate of)
  • Laidley, James (associate of)
  • Lhotsky, John (associate of)
  • Govett, William Romaine (associate of)
  • Forbes, Chief Justice (associate of)
  • Manning, John (associate of)
  • Tulloch, (associate of)
  • Rodius, Harriet (spouse of)
  • Janssen, Jacob (associate of)
  • Goyder, George (associate of)
  • Earle, Augustus (associate of)
  • Smith, (associate of)
  • Laidley, James (associate of)
  • Lhotsky, John (associate of)
  • Govett, William Romaine (associate of)
  • Forbes, Chief Justice (associate of)
  • Manning, John (associate of)
  • Tulloch, (associate of)
  • Rodius, Harriet (spouse of)
Related person groups
  • Ackermann & Co. of the Strand, London, UK. (associate of)
  • Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Sydney, NSW. (associate of)
  • Ackermann & Co. of the Strand, London, UK. (associate of)
  • Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Sydney, NSW. (associate of)
Related works
  • William Foster: A Barrister at Law (creator of)
  • Henry Parkes (creator of)
  • George Robert Nichols (creator of)
  • Monsieur Gautrot (creator of)
  • Doctor Leichhardt (creator of)
  • Sketch from Mitchell's Pass - View of Emu Plains (creator of)
  • Church at Cologne (creator of)
  • Goosberry, One-Eyed Poll, Wife of King Bongarry (creator of)
  • Second Series of Aboriginal portraits (creator of)
  • Headstone (creator of)
  • Biddy Salmander, Broken-Bay tribe; Bulkabra, chief of Botany, N.S. Wales; Gooseberry, Queen of Bungaree (creator of)
  • King Bungaree, chief of the Broken Bay tribe, N.S. Wales, died 1832 (creator of)
  • Morirang, Shoalhaven tribe, N.S. Wales (creator of)
  • Nuddy Noora, Shoalhaven (creator of)
  • Nunberri, chief of the Nunnerahs N.S. Wales (creator of)
  • Tooban, ginn or wife of the chief of Shoalhaven tribe (creator of)
  • Port Jackson (creator of)
  • Uncle's Intended: Scene in the Streets of Sydney (a.k.a. Native Blacks, New S. Wales) (creator of)
  • Series of portraits of Aboriginal 'chiefs' and their wives (creator of)
  • William Foster: A Barrister at Law (creator of)
  • Henry Parkes (creator of)
  • George Robert Nichols (creator of)
  • Monsieur Gautrot (creator of)
  • Doctor Leichhardt (creator of)
  • Sketch from Mitchell's Pass - View of Emu Plains (creator of)
  • Church at Cologne (creator of)
  • Goosberry, One-Eyed Poll, Wife of King Bongarry (creator of)
  • Second Series of Aboriginal portraits (creator of)
  • Headstone (creator of)
  • Port Jackson (creator of)
  • Uncle's Intended: Scene in the Streets of Sydney (a.k.a. Native Blacks, New S. Wales) (creator of)
  • Series of portraits of Aboriginal 'chiefs' and their wives (creator of)
Related collections
  • British Museum, London, UK. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • British Museum, London, UK. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Soloist in a performance of the Messiah in St Mary's Catholic Cathedral. (received)
  • Concert held at the Royal Hotel (received)
  • Certificate of freedom (received)
  • Received a ticket of exemption from government service (received)
  • Ticket of leave (received)
  • Soloist in a performance of the Messiah in St Mary's Catholic Cathedral. (received)
  • Concert held at the Royal Hotel (received)
  • Certificate of freedom (received)
  • Received a ticket of exemption from government service (received)
  • Ticket of leave (received)
Related events
  • Fine Art Exhibition (None)
  • Second Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (None)
  • First Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (None)
  • Fine Art Exhibition (None)
  • Second Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (None)
  • First Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Australia (None)
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