William Strutt b. 3 July 1825

  • Artist (Painter)
Strutt was a productive and versatile painter and a founding member of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts. His most famous painting is undoubtedly 'Black Thursday' which was inspired by the bushfires that ravaged large parts of Victoria on 6 February 1851.
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Sentinels of Empire
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Peace
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Thou Shalt Not Covet
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The Course of Blind Love Never Did Run Smooth
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A Warm Response
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Cultivating an Acquaintance
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Bushrangers
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Stolen Children: A Scene in the Soudan
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The Three Centurions
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The Boy Samuel amidst the Offerings at the Tabernacle
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David's First Victory
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The Little Wanderers, or the Lost Track
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Maoris Beaching their Canoes and Going off to Market
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Black Thursday
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Although the painting was begun in Australia, Strutt completed it in England in 1864.

 
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Maoris Driving off Settler's Cattle
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War Dance at Taranaki
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References [<ExternalResource: Curnow, H. (1980), 'The Life and Art of William Strutt', Martinborough, NZ.>, <ExternalResource: Curnow, H. (1980), 'William Strutt', Sydney, NSW : Australian Gallery Directors Council catalogue (and bibliography).>]