Reginald Arthur Borstel b. 1875

Also known as Reginald Arthur H. Borstel
  • Artist (Painter)
Reginald Arthur Borstel painted genre scenes of ships and maritime subjects in the late 1890s/early 1900s. He was known to have collaborated with the photographer Frederick Temple West.
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marine painter, son of master mariner John Henry Borstel, had little formal art training before exhibiting his ship portraits in the windows of photographic studios and on board ships. He was employed to paint ships after and for photographs by Frederick Temple West , a Newcastle photographer (c.1895-1901), which were then signed by both parties. An undated postcard by the Adelaide Photographic Co. (Sydney) after his painting of the Hans is in the Hood Collection, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney.

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1999
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2011

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References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 597/1922'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 1133/1875'.>, <ExternalResource: Fletcher, Daina (1998), 'Photography with a paint brush: Understanding Australian Maritime Art', Australian Antique Collector, 55th edn (July-December), pp.142-148.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 597/1922'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 1133/1875'.>]