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Rouse, Eliza Ann, b. 1843
Anne (Bessie) Rouse was a highly talented painter, designer and decorator. A family trip to Britain in the late 1860s was crucial to her creative ...
Rowe, A.
Miss A. Rowe was sketcher who in 1866 won the prize for the most meritorious drawing by a pupil of the School of Design, South ...
Rowe, George Curtis Fawcett, b. 1832
Sketcher, scene-painter, actor and entertainer, George Fawcett entered into a partnership to build Princess Theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand, which opened in 1862. He not ...
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Rowan, Marian Ellis, b. 1848
A Melbourne born, prolific natural history painter with an international reputation. Her work was classified within the despised female 'hobby' of flower painting.
Rowbothan, Marjory, b. 1923
Daughter of art teacher Walter Rowbotham she won numerous prizes including Albany Art Competition Painting Prize 1973, Drawing Prize 1973, Shire Prize 1975, Shire Prize ...
Rowcroft, Horatio
Horatio Rowcroft advertised drawing and mathematics classes at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, in 1847.
Rowlands, Charles Henry
Charles Henry Rowlands was sketcher and solicitor who is thought to have perished in 1861 in the wreck of the 'Monumental City'.
Rowntree, Edward Casson, b. 1810
The best known architectural work by Edward Casson Rowntree is the Hobart Town Savings Bank (now the Murray Street branch of the Savings Bank of ...
Miles, John Roxburgh
Drawing and mapping teacher, advertised in October 1853 that he would soon be starting a class for 'mapping, pencil and watercolour drawing, including Flowers and ...
Ananda, Roy, b. 1980
Roy Ananda has established a strong South Australian profile in the arts with a steady exhibition history, collaborative projects and performances, public art, workships and ...
FitzRoy, Robert, b. 1805
A sketcher, FitzRoy served as a naval officer on the Beagle with Charles Darwin and was later influenced by the work of official expedition artist, ...
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de Maistre, Roy, b. 1894
Roy De Maistre, along with Roland Wakelen and Grace Cossington Smith was one of the pioneers of Post Impressionism in Australia. Later, in England, he ...
Lewis, Ruark, b. 1960
Ruark Lewis is a Sydney-based visual artist and writer. He works in a wide range of media such as painting, drawing, installation, artists-books, performance, public ...
Campbell, Ruby, b. 1888
Painter, etcher, wood-carver and pyrographer. Apart from a brief stint in Melbourne in the early 1920s, Ruby Campbell spent her entire life on her family's ...
Ruddy, Craig, b. 1968
Craig Ruddy was best known for his striking portraits of Aboriginal Australians. He came to fame after he was awarded the Archibald Prize in 2004 ...
Read, Charles Rudston, b. 1818
Charles Rudston Read first visited Australia as a young naval officer in 1838. His career enabled him to travel to China, Brazil, the Pacific Islands ...
Atherton, Rupert A.
Rupert Atherton was a sketcher and the brother of fellow artist Vida Atherton. His pencil sketch, 'Entrance to Loch Goil' was hung on the verandah ...
Rusden, Amelia Christina
Although her work is held in the National Library of Australia, Rusden is still remembered for briefly catching the eye of Houston Mitchell. His words: ...
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Drysdale, Russell, b. 1912
Russell Drysdale painted some of the iconic landscapes of the Australian outback, and in the 1940s his paintings and drawings enabled city people to see ...
Nixon, Francis Russell, b. 1803
A painter, sketcher, photographer and Anglican Bishop. Being consecrated the first bishop of Tasmania, Nixon used his sketches and paintings as a way to document ...