John Rae b. 1813

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
"I am anxious to make some of you amateurs like myself" was Rae's plea to students at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in 1855. He was referring to his experiments in photography, yet the word amateur hardly applies. Anything he turned his hand to he seemed to master and his interests encompassed both the business and cultural worlds. In his artmaking he was most concerned with "fidelity to nat
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exhibited at
Collectors' List 62A
Date
1997
Place
Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition
Date
1888 - 1889
Place
Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Calcutta International
Date
1883
Place
Calcutta, India
Description
Type
Exhibition

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