Joseph Fowles b. 1810

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
The indefatigable and versatile Joseph Fowles turned his hand to an eclectic range of occupations, with varying degrees of success, alongside his artistic endeavours. He was also instrumental in securing a place for drawing and defining its features in the New South Wales government school curriculum from the 1860s until the 1880s.
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Citations

  • Fowles, Joseph, 'Sydney in 1848’.

  • '[Family papers]’.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’.

  • Gray, J. (1966), 'Joseph Fowles’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Buscombe, E. (1979), 'Australian Colonial Portraits’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Hobart, Tas,.

  • Dixson, W. (1923), 'Notes on Australian artists’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Volume 9.

  • Hilson, M. (1991), 'The journal of John (i.e. Joseph) Fowles’, Australian Art Education 15/1, (May).

  • Laverty, C. (1983), 'Pastures and Pastimes’, Victorian Ministry for the Arts catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Rivett, C. (1953), 'The Art Union Story and Old Parramatta’, Parramatta, NSW.

  • Sherry, B. & Baglin, D. (1989), 'Hunter’s Hill’, Surry Hills, NSW.

  • (1855), Illustrated Sydney News, 12 January.

  • (1878), Sydney Mail, 29 June.

  • (1848), Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August.

  • Information sourced from Darby, Garry.

  • (1850), Sydney Morning Herald, 31 July.

  • (1865), Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September.

  • (1867), Sydney Morning Herald, 28 January.

  • (1868), Sydney Morning Herald, 24 July.

  • Information sourced from McDonald, Patricia R.

  • Information sourced from Sherry, Beverley.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, J.

  • Ingram, T. (1999), 'Saleroom’, Australian Financial Review 1, July, (p. 34).

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions

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Related collections
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW (collected in)
  • Australian Jockey Club, Randwick, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW (collected in)
  • Australian Jockey Club, Randwick, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)