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Backhouse, James, b. 1794
Only in Australia for six years, Backhouse kept extensive records of his experiences, which were then posthumously published in London. His observations have proven to ...
Peake, Edward John, b. 1822
a sketcher, magistrate and vigneron. Peake's familiarity with aspects of the English Gothic Revival in architecture informed the construction of Adelaide's Cathedral of St Francis ...
Allen, Charles H., b. 1824
Colonial male watercolourist who travelled around South Australia and Queensland in 1868 as part of a world tour. Allen painted landscapes as he went and ...
Sweet, Samuel White, b. 1825
Colonial photographer and master mariner, awarded a silver medal for his photographs at the Calcutta International Exhibition in 1885. His photographic career included some unusual ...
Friström, Carl Magnus Oscar, b. 1856
Federation era Swedish born Brisbane painter. He also worked in a photographic studio presumably with his brother, Clas Edvard.
Dibdin, T R, b. 1873
Ingleby, Bernard, b. 1878
His 1917 book 'Poems by Bernard Ingleby' dedicated, "To Jack Sommers Artist, Poet and Anzac."
Bastin, Henri, b. 1896
Bastin emerged in the 1950s as a key figure in Australian primitive/naive art.
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Campbell, Robert Richmond, b. 1902
Painter and gallery administrator. Born in Scotland and resident of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. By the 1950s he was regarded as ...
Aikin, Hamilton, b. 1904
English male photographer, film-maker, editor and Presbyterian priest who went outback for Outreach, a Church journal, documenting indigenous cultures and mission activity.
McClintock, Herbert, b. 1906
Mid 20th century political and surrealist painter, cartoonist, commercial artist and singer.
Wood, Noel, b. 1912
Noel Wood's escape to the tropical paradise of Bedarra Island in far North Queensland fostered a romantic image and the colourful paintings he produced there ...
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Moon, Milton, b. 1926
Milton Moon has been a key figure in developing close links between Japanese studio pottery and Australia. In 2012 he wrote: 'I remain concerned, if ...
Barlow, Fil, b. 1963
Contemporary Brisbane children's book illustrator, comic strip artist and puppeteer. Barlow was 12 when his first printed comic - 'Fudsey' - ran for four weeks ...
Blackman, Mark, b. 1963
Indigenous artist based in Adelaide whose practice has traversed painting, mixed-media works, sculpture, murals and public art projects.
Dabah, Peter, b. 1963
North Queensland born painter who held a 1989/1990 residence at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.
Mellor, Danie, b. 1971
Mixed media and conceptual artist, Mellor's work investigates cultural differences in perception and the reading of objects in gallery contexts. Also a landscape artist working ...
Baylis, Troy-Anthony, b. 1976
Since graduating with an Honours Visual Art degree in 1997, Troy-Anthony Baylis has exhibited widely in Australia and overseas. His art practice draws from popular ...
Hill, Wesley, b. 1978
Wesley Wilkins is an Australian artist based in Europe. In 2000 he began working as an exclusive collaborator with Wendy Wilkins under the name of ...
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Howard, Peter David, b. 1989
A filmmaker resident in Melbourne in 2021. Known for his film 'Pirouette' which was produced in Melbourne and screened in five states across Australia. It ...