William Charles Piguenit b. 27 August 1836

Also known as W. C. Piguenit, Bill Piguenit
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Influential and widely exhibited late Colonial era Hobart and Sydney landscape painter, amateur photographer, draughtsman and explorer.
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Name
William Charles Piguenit
Also known as:
  • W. C. Piguenit
  • Bill Piguenit
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Assistant draughtsman
Birth date
27 August 1836
Birth place
Claremont House, Newtown Road and Warwick Street, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Death date
17 July 1914
Death place
Hunters Hill, Sydney, NSW, Saintonge, Hunters Hill, Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1849 - c.1914
Residence
  • c.1900 - c.1914 Saintonge, Hunter's Hill, Sydney, NSW
  • 1880 - 1914 Sydney, NSW
  • 1836 - 1880 Hobart, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Training
  • c.1849 Cambridge House Academy, Brisbane Street, Hobart, Van Diemens Land [Tasmania]
Cultural Heritage
  • Huguenot
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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  • Exhibition of Australian Art (None)
  • Chicago World's Fair (exhibited at)
  • Salon (exhibited at)
  • Queensland Art Society (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition (None)
  • Indian and Colonial Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Tasmanian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (None)
  • Calcutta International (None)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Art Society of New South Wales (exhibited at)
  • Launceston Fine Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Academy of Arts (exhibited at)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition (None)
  • Australian Art in the 1870s (exhibited at)
  • William Charles Piguenit (exhibited at)
  • Chicago World's Fair (exhibited at)
  • Salon (exhibited at)
  • Queensland Art Society (exhibited at)
  • Indian and Colonial Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Art Society of New South Wales (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Launceston Fine Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Academy of Arts (exhibited at)
  • New South Wales Academy of Art (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Tasmanian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (None)
  • Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition (None)
  • Exhibition of Australian Art (None)
  • Calcutta International (None)
  • Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition (None)