Isaac Whitehead b. c.1819

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Isaac Whitehead was a painter, watercolourist, pastellist, picture-framer and art promoter. He must have come to Victoria with his family in about 1858, according to information given in his death certificate. During his lifetime Whitehead's paintings were well received by the public as well as by critics.
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Citations

  • (1848), 'Thom’s Irish Almanac and Official Directory’.

  • Bruce, C., Comstock, T. and McDonald, F. (1982), 'Eugene Von Guérard: A German Romantic in the Antipodes’, Auckland, New Zealand.

  • Craig, E.D. (1978), 'Australian Art Auction Records 1975-1978’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Downer, C. and Phipps, J. (1985), 'Victorian Vision: 1834 Onwards’, National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 2nd edn, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Thomas, Daniel (1975), 'Australian Art in the 1870s’, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue, Sydney.

  • (1980), 'Australian Art 1820-1920’, Deutscher Fine Art catalogue, Melbourne, VIC.

  • (1880), Argus, 10-02, 12-03.

  • 'Whitehead Letters’, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.

  • 'Victorian Academy of Arts Papers’, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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