John Bernasconi

Also known as J. Bernasconi
  • Artist (Carver)
John Bernasconi turned a talent for woodcarving into a business as a picture framer. His award-winning work was exhibited both in Australia and overseas and a portrait of Chief Justice Alfred Stephens is but one work to feature a frame by Bernasconi.
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Name
John Bernasconi
Also known as J. Bernasconi
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Carver)
Active Period
  • c.1852 - c.1855
Residence
  • c.1850 - c.1855 Sydney, NSW
  • Italy
Cultural Heritage
  • Italian
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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References [<ExternalResource: Cant, Elizabeth (1999), 'Entrepreneurship and Picture Frame Making in Nineteenth-Century Australia: Lawrence Cetta and the Quick Profit', The World of Antiques and Art incorporating the Australian Antique Collector 57th edition, Jul-Dec, pp. 44-45.>, <ExternalResource: Fahy, K. & Simpson, A. (1998), 'Australian Furniture: pictorial history and dictionary 1788-1938', Sydney, NSW, pp. 21 & 26.>, <ExternalResource: Maguire, R. (1986), 'The Fine Art of Framing', Australian Antique Collector, vol. 31, Jan-Jun, pp.46-47.>]