Phil Goatcher b. 23 November 1851

Also known as Philip W. Goatcher
  • Artist (Theatre / Film Designer)
Philip W. Goatcher (known as Phil), theatrical scene painter, was born in England in 1851, trained in 1867 as an apprentice scene painter in Melbourne, where he returned as a star scenic artist in 1890, after a long career in New York.
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creator of
Come unto me all ye who labour mural, All Saints, Collie WA
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http://svc249.wic015v.server-web.com/archive/imagesearch.cfm#title
 
creator of
Bay of Naples act drop, Town Hall, Boulder WA
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/arostron/3838783157/

The Boulder Town Hall suffered minor structural damage in the earthquake of April 2010. The act drop was not damaged

 
creator of
Ceiling painted as allegory of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, Block Arcade, Melbourne
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http://melbournecurious.blogspot.com/2010/07/block-arcade-spectacular-ceilings.html

This heritage listed ceiling can still be seen in the Chelsea fashion boutique which now occupies the original Singer premises

 
creator of
Interior decoration of Singer Sewing Machine showroom, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
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http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/index.php/2010/12/show-room-of-the-singer-manufacturing-company-queen-victoria-market-buildings-sydney/
 
creator of
Interior decoration of Palace Theatre, Pitt Street, Sydney
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Theatre demolished

 
creator of
Untitled (design for act drop)
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http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab38724
 

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References [<ExternalResource: Bordman, Gerald (2004), 'Oxford Companion to American Theatre', Oxford University Press, New York.>, <ExternalResource: (8 January 1892), 'A Scenic Artist at Work', Table Talk, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: (31 October 1890) 'Mr Philip Goatcher', Table Talk, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Callaway, Anita (2000), 'Visual Ephemera: Theatrical Art in Nineteenth-Century Australia', UNSW Press, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Taylor, Toso (1894), 'Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper [pantomime libretto]', Lyceum Theatre, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Hough, David (15 October 1991), 'Remembrance of Scenes Past', Bulletin, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: 'An Ex-Scene Painter's Protest' (March 1882), Art Amateur, New York.>, <ExternalResource: McPherson, Ailsa (2010), 'Goatcher, Philip W', Dictionary of Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: (27 December 1890), ''A Strange Career: Sketches by a Scenic Artist' nos 1-15', Australian Star, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: (26 March 1893), 'Evolution of a Scenic Artist', Morning Call, San Francisco.>, <ExternalResource: (11 March 1927), 'Man of Many Parts', New Zealand Herald, Auckland.>, <ExternalResource: (c.1993), 'Boulder Town Hall--Register of Heritage Places--Assessment Documentation', Heritage Council of Western Australia.>]