John Shearer Bowman b. 1819

Also known as J. S. Bowman
  • Artist (Painter)
John Shearer Bowman was a Scottish immigrant to Australia. Being both a painter and an art teacher and a regular exhibitor to exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne, there is some confusion over which paintings were Bowman's and which of them were by his students.
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Name
John Shearer Bowman
Also known as J. S. Bowman
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Art teacher
Birth date
1819
Birth place
Scotland, UK
Death date
1912
Active Period
  • 1853 - 1877
Arrival
  • 1853
Residence
  • c.1853 - c.1877 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1819 - 1853 Scotland, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related events
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • London International Exhibition (None)
  • Victorian Exhibition preparatory to the 1873 London Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Emerald Hill Mechanics' Institute Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Exhibition preparatory to the 1873 London Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Emerald Hill Mechanics' Institute Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • London International Exhibition (None)