Matthew Fern b. 1831

  • Artist (Carver)
Matthew Fern was a woodcarver of exceptional skills who flourished in Queensland during the second half of the nineteenth century. It is difficult to extract information of Australia's colonial cabinet-makers without trying to document individual workers. However, the individual style of journeyman wood-carvers makes it possible to trace their work through individual cabinet-making workshops.
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Name
Matthew Fern
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Carver)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102) Brisbane Technical College, Brisbane, QLD
Birth date
1831
Birth note
Glasgow, England, UK
Death date
23 December 1898
Death place
Brisbane, QLD
Burial place
Toowoong Cemetery, Brisbane
Active Period
  • 1864 - 1898
Arrival
  • 1864
Residence
  • Brisbane, QLD
Languages
  • English

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD'.>, <ExternalResource: (29 August 1891), 'The Queenslander, Brisbane, QLD.>, <ExternalResource: (6 February 1896), 'The Brisbane Courier', Brisbane, QLD, p. 6.>, <ExternalResource: (23 August 1873), 'The Queenslander', Brisbane, QLD.>, <ExternalResource: Cooke, Glenn R. (ed.) (1997), 'Art off centre: Placing Queensland art', Queensland Studies Centre, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD.>, <ExternalResource: Stringer, Richard (1982), 'Fretwork pediments in Queensland', University Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD'.>]