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Sealy, Thomas A., b. 1829
Thomas A.Sealy was a muralist, monumental carver and stonemason. He drank heavily and local oral tradition holds that he paid his bills by painting murals.
Seehusen, Walter, b. 1842
Walter Seehusen was a painter who left his first wife and daughter in Schleswig Holstein in 1864 at the onset of the German-Danish war. In ...
Selwyn, Rose Elizabeth, b.
Selwyn was a daughter, sister and wife to Reverends, her watercolours were for friends and family not public exhibition. Her mother-in-law was not appreciative of ...
Setright, John Richard, b. 1840
John Richard Setright was scene-painter who helped extinguish a fire at the Victoria Theatre when he was working there.
Sharkey, John
Government photographer and printer, John Sharkey invented his own form of photolithography. In 1869 he was appointed manager of the Government Printing Office's photolithographic branch.
Shaw, Richard H., b. 1832
Richard H.Shaw was a watercolourist and scene-painter. He died in poverty in 1895.
Sheldon, Frederick Stanley
British painter and sculptor who was resident in Victoria during the early 1890s. Known mainly for his interest in equestrian subjects, the National Gallery of ...
Shepherd, Elizabeth
Painter. According to the National Library accession card, she came to Victoria in September 1855 and lived there until February 1884.
Shepherd, Richard, b. 1825
Richard Shepherd was a lithographer. He was a foundation member of the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1870. Shepherd also helped found the South Melbourne ...
Sheppard, Catherine Elizabeth, b. 1842
Catherine Elizabeth (Kate) Sheppard was mainly known as a portrait painter, although she also painted altar pieces. In 1869 she gained public recognition for her ...
Short, William Wackenbarth, b. 1833
William Wackenbarth Short was a painter and professional photographer. He came to Melbourne in 1852. Short applied for the position of artist on the ill-fated ...
Simpkinson, Francis, b. 1819
Francis Guillemard Simpkinson was a painter, diarist and naval officer. In 1845 at the Hobart Town Art Exhibition, (the first major fine arts exhibition in ...
Simpson, William Butler
William Butler Simpson was a sketcher and surveyor. He undertook surveying work in the counties of Bathurst, Wellington, Gordon, Bligh, Lincoln and Ashburton between 1861 ...
Skipper, John Michael, b. 1815
Colonial Adelaide painter, sketcher, cartoonist, writer and solicitor.
Small, Jabez William, b. 1840
Photographer and photographic dealer Jabez Small exhibited English and foreign, coloured and plain photographs, and ran photographic studios in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide between ...
Smedley, John, b. 1841
Late 19th century Sydney born painter and architect whose work was influenced greatly by East Asian modes of painting and drawing. He travelled and lived ...
Smedley, William Thomas, b. 1858
American born painter and illustrator, trained in the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris under Jean Paul Laurens. Worked briefly on the Picturesque Atlas and in ...
Smith, Bernhard, b. 1820
19th century painter, sculptor and civil servant, whose pre-Raphaelite type medallion portraits of several associates and family members were exhibited at the Royal Academy, London. ...
Smithers, Alexander
Professional photographer and vocal proponent of modernisation in the arts. Active in Newcastle around the 1860s, he produced photographs of the triumphal arch that was ...
Snell, Edward, b. 1820
A successful surveyor and engineer as well as a painter and a sketcher, whose move to Australia was significant to his artistic output, beginning with ...