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Bell, Catherine, b. 1969
A contemporary graphic artist, Bell is well-represented in collections in both Queensland and Canberra. In 1994 she was the recipient of the Melville Haysom Resident ...
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Blackman, Charles, b. 1928
The Antipodean artist Charles Blackman was best known for his paintings of schoolgirls and the whimsy of Alice in Wonderland. He was a part of ...
Churcher, Betty, b. 1931
Betty Churcher, who was the first woman to head both a state and national art gallery, had an extraordinary career in arts education and administration ...
Cottrell, Dorothy, b. 1902
Mid 20th century sketcher, cartoonist and novelist.
Fyans, Foster, b. 1790
Although known more for his eccentricities and lively memoirs than his art, Fyans was a sophisticated watercolourist. He is known for a fine picture of ...
Garling, Frederick Augustus, b. 1833
Sketcher and surveyor, Garling drew many sketches in a journal (now lost) on an expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Bowerman, Henry Boucher, b. 1789
A sketcher, civil servant and land speculator, Bowman studied under the well-known painter Thomas Sandby while at the British Military Academy at Woolwich. Arriving in ...
Hodgson, Eliza, b. 1820
Painter and sketcher, was born in England and came to Sydney in 1828. In 1842 she moved to Queensland with her husband where she became ...
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Fairweather, Ian, b. 1891
The Scottish born artist Ian Fairweather travelled extensively throughout South East Asia and China before finally building a thatched hut on Bribie Island off the ...
Gall, Ian, b. 1904
Prolific mid 20th century Brisbane cartoonist, painter, illustrator and journalist.
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 ...
Elliott, Jaquanna, b.
Painter and children's illustrator, Jaquanna Elliott was a finalist in the 2007 Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize.
Hilder, Jesse Jewhurst, b. 1881
Hilder's delicate, sensitive landscape watercolours were enthusiastically received when they were first exhibited in the early years of the century. This was in part because ...
Clark, John James, b. 1838
Watercolour painter, photographer, architect and engineer born in Liverpool, England. Resident of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia he was responsible for the ...
Brady, Joseph, b. 1828
Mainly a surveyor and civil engineer, Brady is known for two watercolour sketches that were executed in Melbourne shortly after his arrival in Australia.
Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, b. 1818
Kennedy was primarily a surveyor and explorer with an interest in drawing and watercolours. He was killed while exploring Queensland's Cape York in 1848 but ...
Leichhardt, Ludwig, b. 1812
Sketcher, naturalist and explorer. Known drawings are little more than rough records made to assist his scientific work.
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Lymburner, Francis, b. 1916
Brisbane born artist Francis Lymburner first came to prominence as one of the members of Sydney's Charm School in the late 1940s. His subject matter ...
Mason, George, b. 1827
English colonial male wood engraver and painter who taught music and set up Brisbane's first theatre. Apart from being bankrupted twice, he advertised as an ...
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 ...