John Mather b. 1848

  • Artist (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Scottish colonial male who painted an overmantel for one man, decorated a pavilion and cabinet for another, and dressed up an exhibition building with many men, all in Melbourne.
Tags: Heidelberg School, Etching, Pastorale landscape
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Citations

  • Clark, J. & Whitelaw, B. (1985), 'Golden Summers’.

  • Lane, Terence (1993), 'A souvenir of Marvellous Melbourne: W.H. Rocke’s 1880-81 exhibition cabinet’, Art Bulletin of Victoria, Melbourne,no.33, p. 24-28.

  • Lane, Terence & Searle, Jessie (1990), 'Australians at home : a documentary history of Australian domestic interiors from 1788 to 1914 / Terence Lane & Jessie Serle ; introduction by Jessie Serle.’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (2 November 1888), ’3: cited Lane’, Table Talk , p. 3, cited by Lane, Terence.

  • (5 November 1881), Age, Melbourne, Vic.

  • 'Paterson family scrapbooks’, National Library of Australia, manuscript.

Initial data sources

  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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Roles
  • Artist (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other occupations
  • House decorator (ANZSIC code: 6924) c.1878 -
  • Decorator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Tags
  • Heidelberg School
  • Etching
  • Pastorale landscape
Trainings
  • art, - Royal Institute of Fine Arts, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Death
Burial place Cheltenham, Melbourne, Vic.
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Coverage
Place South Yarra, Melbourne, Vic.
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