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Abel, August Theodor, b. 1802
This chemist, mineralogist and amateur artist had an interest in religious art. A German immigrant, he settled in Ballarat, becoming an active member of the ...
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 ...
Adeney, William, b.
Male colonial sketcher who drew landscapes throughout his migration to Australia. He eventually squatted in the Western District of Victoria where he pursued an anthropological ...
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 ...
Anderson, Canute
Sketcher and designer, in 1867 Anderson designed a memorial for Burke and Wills that was erected in Ballarat, Victoria. A resident of Ballarat for a ...
Anderson, Jane Reed
Sketcher, showed three drawings at the 1866 Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition including a pastel titled 'The Heart's Misgivings'.
Archer, Alexander, b. 1828
Member of a large enterprising colonial family which included a number of fellow artists, Archer worked for a number of years for the Bank of ...
Bateman, Edward La Trobe, b. 1816
Although seeking his fortune in the Victorian goldfields, Edward La Trobe Bateman instead drifted into work as an illustrator and landscape designer. One of his ...
Baxter, Annie Maria, b. 1816
Annie Maria Baxter was a prolific writer who kept meticulous diaries of her life in Australia. Her few surviving drawings are now held at the ...
Becker, Ludwig, b. 1808
An undervalued member of the fateful Burke and Wills expedition, Ludwig Becker was an accomplished artist and naturalist whose contribution to the expedition has belatedly ...
Benson, William, b. 1812
William Benson settled in Ballarat in 1853 and his view of a Ballarat street is now in the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
Black, Margaret
Margaret Black sketched several notable views of Launceston that were exhibited in Melbourne in 1860 to glowing reviews. In 1861 one of the picture was ...
Blandowski, Johann Wilhelm Theodor Ludwig, b. 1822
William Blandowski lived in Australia for almost a decade and in that time he explored tracts of Central Victoria and helped found the Geological Society ...
Bowring, Emily Stuart, b. 1835
Sketcher Emily Stuart Bowring's known and attributed pencil and watercolour drawings are mainly of places where she lived or visited. Most depict homesteads or their ...
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Burkitt, Alexander Horace, b. 1807
Received thanks for his contribution to the illustrations of Woods's 'A History of the Discovery and Exploration of Australia' (2 vols, London, 1865). for the ...
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Burkitt, Horace, b. 1836
Burkitt was a prolific watercolourist who made studies of the various Victorian districts in which he was stationed as a telegraph operator. His grandson donated ...
Butler, James Edward
James Edward Butler dabbled in watercolours in mid-19th century Victoria.
Cairnes, Elliot Moore, b. 1842
Sketcher, illuminator, public servant and mining geologist. Spent sixteen years on the goldfields of Ballarat, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Blackwood, Smythsdale and other places.
Calvert, Samuel, b. 1828
A prolific painter and wood-engraver published in nearly all the Melbourne illustrated papers and periodicals. Taught painting, designing, etching and engraving by his father.
Campbell, Oswald Rose, b. 1820
Leading colonial art teacher and painter.