Charles Rodius b. 1802

Also known as Charles Rhodius, Charles Rodins
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Charles (Rhodius) Rodius was a portraitist, illustrator, draughtsman, lithographer and singer. He was sentenced to seven years transportation for stealing a reticule containing a handkerchief, a smelling bottle, an opera-glass, and two opera tickets from Lady Laura Meyrick as she was leaving the Royal Opera House in London.
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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.
Active Period
  • 1829 - 1856
Arrival
  • December 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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