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Raven, The
Colonial cartoonist. Contributed weekly pictures of his travels around NSW, Victoria and Queensland for 'Town and Country Journal'.
Raworth, William H., b. 1821
Raworth could never stay still, his migrations were frequent and his residence anywhere rarely exceeded three years. He shifted between New Zealand, Australia and England ...
Rayment, Robert, b. 1839
Robert Rayment was a capable artist but his contribution to to development of art in colonial Queensland was truncated by his early death.
Reay, William, b. 1830
William Reay, painter, art teacher, poet and coal-miner, migrated to Australia in response to the colonial success of his painting, 'Adam and Eve Expelled from ...
Rees, William Gilbert, b. 1827
William Gilbert Rees, a Welsh painter, engineer and pastoralist, travelled to Queensland in 1852. In 1858 he returned to Britain, married and settled in New ...
Rees, Rowland
Architect who participated in the first exhibition of the West Australian Society of Arts.
Reid, David G., b. 1860
Scottish-born artist David G. Reid was an active member of the Sydney art scene from the mid 1880s up to the early 1930s. He is ...
Reidy, Lilla, b. 1858
Lilla Reidy, sketcher and painter, exhibited regularly with the Victorian Artists' Society from 1895 to 1910. During the 1890s she worked at Charterisville with Emanuel ...
Renno, John
John Renno worked as a scene-painter and theatre mechanist at Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the Princess's and the Surrey Theatre, London. In 1852 he migrated ...
Richards,
China painter who receiving a First Order of Merit at the 1881 International Exhibition in Perth. This is the first mention of china painting in ...
Richardson, Charles Douglas
Charles Douglas Richardson, illustrator and sculptor, drew 'Aborigines Attacking Bushman' a full-size plate from an unidentified publication, possibly the Australasian Sketcher.
Richardson, John Thomas, b. 1835
John Richardson, painter and engraver, arrived at Port Phillip in the Clifton on 13 February 1850. His father was Moses Richardson, a well-known Newcastle antiquary, ...
Rider, Andrew
Andrew Rider, professional photographer, produced in January 1868 a photograph of the laying of the foundation stone at the graving dock at Williamstown by the ...
Rielly, Henry, b. 1845
Henry Rielly established his career and reputation in Victoria but his work took on an added signficiance when he came to live in regional Queensland ...
Riley, A. D.
A. D. Riley, art teacher, is described as jointly teaching with Julian Rossi Ashton, the gentlemen's life drawing class at the Art Society of New ...
Rishworth, Richard, b. 1799
Richard Rishworth, listed in the Ballarat Directory in 1857 as artist and decorator, lived at Bakery Hill, Ballarat East, Victoria. He was also Secretary for ...
Rivers, Richard Godfrey, b. 1858
Roberts, Tom, b. 1856
One of Australia's most iconic painters, Tom Roberts was an early champion of plein-air painting and together with Frederick McCubbin, Roberts helped establish the famous ...
Roberts, Mary Ellen, b. 1866
A dressmaking and craft teacher vociferously committed to vocational training for women, Mary Roberts was a zealous teacher and curriculum designer at Sydney Technical College. ...
Roberts, William Francis
William Francis Roberts was a professional photographer who worked in Victoria and in New South Wales. In 1879 he was managing the City Photographic Company ...