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Abercrombie, L. B., b.
Abercrombie was a Colonial-era female sketcher who exhibited two works, both portraits of animal heads, in Brisbane in 1894.
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 ...
Atherton, Vida Althea, b. 1875
Late colonial/Federation era Queensland sketcher. Atherton began drawing at a young age and was still sketching some years later while on her honeymoon. Most of ...
Austin, Robert, b. 1825
Surveyor, Austin led an exploring party north-east of Perth in 1854 and consequently published a journal of the expedition which included a couple of his ...
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 ...
Barber, Fanny
Diarist and sketcher who kept an account of her domestic and social life while living in Bundaberg, Queensland in the late 1880s.
Beazeley, Margaret
Margaret Beazeley was well-travelled and she made numerous sketches throughout her journeys, capturing a range of scenes from conventional lanscapes to unconventional, unpictureseque views of ...
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 ...
Begg, Zanny, b. 1972
Installation and video artist, writer, curator, and participant in the collective You Are Here. Begg has exhibited in the 2008 Taipei Biennal and the 2009 ...
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 ...
Birkbeck, Arthur Damien Cosme, b. 1856
Arthur Birkbeck drew inspiration for his drawings from the surrounding activities and events that ook place on and near his home on Glenmore station in ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Boyd, William Alexander Jenyns, b. 1842
A.J. Boyd was involved in the teaching profession for a good part of his life. In 1882 his book "Old Colonials" was published and which ...
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.
Brissenden, Edwin Torrens
Edwin Torrens Brissenden advertised him as a photographer well-versed in all known photographic processes of the day.
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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 ...
Bustard, William, b. 1891
Painter, printmaker, stained-glass artist, illustrator and poster designer. He was profoundly influenced by York Minster with its medieval glass and music, he studied at the ...
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 ...