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Adamson, James Hazell, b. 1829
This diverse artist practised as a painter, lithographer and professional photographer. His works encompassed portrait, landscape and still life genres. Exhibiting in Adelaide, Melbourne and ...
Akers, Charles Style, b.
English colonial Royal engineer whose watercolours and drawings of Tasmanian scenery belied his frustration at having received such a far-flung posting. He later painted icebergs ...
Ball, Adam Gustavus, b. 1821
Like so many artists of the period, Ball's job as a civil engineer allowed him to travel throughout South Australia recording scenes of outback life ...
Cawthorne, William Anderson, b. 1824
Sketcher, watercolourist and schoolmaster in Adelaide, Vic. Known for his writings and artworks with a colonial focus.
Gore, William Thomas
Arriving in South Australia, Gore became known as the district architect designing private residences, woolsheds, hotels, banks, school houses and churches.
Joubert, Jules François De Sales, b. 1824
Nineteenth century art and language teacher, exhibition organiser, theatrical entrepreneur and property developer he played a major part in expanding colonial Australian representation in international ...
Korn, O.
Sketches by O. Korn were lithographed for Fourteen Views of Old Adelaide, published in 1876. May have been the architect F.O. Korn, of Sturt Street, ...
MacCormac, Andrew, b. 1826
Male colonial painter of portraits, a few landscape and genre paintings, who mainly worked in South Australia, portraying the upper classes.
McMinn, William, b. 1844
Sketcher, architect and surveyor. In 1865 McMinn was involved in a disastrous expedition to northern Australia to map the Adelaide River. To return to civilisation ...
Minchin, Richard, b. 1831
Painter, lithographer(?), draughtsman and zoo director, migrated to Adelaide from Ireland in the 1850s, won many prizes at the South Australian Society of Arts with ...
Montefiore, Eliezer, b. 1820
Sketcher, etcher, art patron, gallery director and businessman, he helped establish the New South Wales Academy of Art and the National Art Gallery of New ...
Norman, Herbert Hayes, b. 1843
A dentist, sketcher and amateur photographer. He exhibited some photographs at a South Australian exhibition in 1859. Although he spent his time working as a ...
Plush, John Saddington, b. 1808
South Australian sketcher, farmer and orchardist. The Art Gallery of South Australia holds a watercolour by Plush.
Richardson, George, b. 1822
George Bouchier Richardson, sketcher, engraver, watercolourist and editor, 'regretted the necessity which compelled him to join his parents in Australia in 1854, but hoped that ...
Skipper, John Michael, b. 1815
Colonial Adelaide painter, sketcher, cartoonist, writer and solicitor.
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 ...
Stephen, George, b. 1812
Throughout his artistic life Stephen worked as a miniaturist and sketcher, offset by such occupations as public servant, geologist, barrister, politician and faith healer (it ...
Thomas, William, b. 1822
W.R. Thomas was a competent watercolourist and a number of his works survive in private homes in South Australia.