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Rowe, George Curtis Fawcett, b. 1832
Sketcher, scene-painter, actor and entertainer, George Fawcett entered into a partnership to build Princess Theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand, which opened in 1862. He not ...
Rowntree, Edward Casson, b. 1810
The best known architectural work by Edward Casson Rowntree is the Hobart Town Savings Bank (now the Murray Street branch of the Savings Bank of ...
Rusden, Amelia Christina
Although her work is held in the National Library of Australia, Rusden is still remembered for briefly catching the eye of Houston Mitchell. His words: ...
Russell, Robert, b. 1808
Despite Russell's extensive work as a sketcher, amateur photographer, etcher, lithographer, carver, architect and surveyor, he is still better known for his work ethic and ...
Schoenfeld, Frederick, b. 1810
Painter, lithographer and art teacher. In 1859-62 Schoenfeld was employed by Frederick McCoy, director of the National Museum of Victoria, to draw and lithograph specimen ...
Schuëtz, William, b. 1834
Art and language teacher, taught French, Italian, German, Spanish and drawing in Tasmania in the late 1850s and early 1860s.
Scott, David, b. 1804
Sketcher, military officer, vigneron and horse-breeder, was born in Bombay, India.
Scott, Harriet, b. 1830
Painter, illustrator, lithographer and natural history collector during the mid to late 1800s. At one point Harriet and her sister, Helena, executed almost all the ...
Scott, Helena, b. 1832
Like her elder sister Harriet, Helena was a professional artist and natural science collector and illustrator. She was an accomplished natural history artist and both ...
Scurry, James, b. 1826
Sketcher, sculptor and carver, James Scurry was a founding member of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts in 1856.
Selleny, Joseph, b. 1824
Joseph Selleny was landscape painter and lithographer, known for his lightning speed in delineation. Selleny died in 1875 in a private asylum at Inzersdorf near ...
Shaw, George Baird, b. 1812
In order to perfect his artistic skills George Baird Shaw was sent to the Academy of Fine Arts at Trieste, Italy. He was awarded the ...
Shew, Edward M.
Edward M. Shew was a drawing teacher. When the Artisans School of Design was founded in the late 1860s, he was the first drawing master ...
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, E. R.
E. R. Simpson was a sketcher. The work of this artist was included in the 1859 and 1868 exhibitions of the South Australian Society of ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Soares, Alberto Dias, b. 1830
Arriving with his brother Gualter in 1852 with a wildcat idea for a railway system which was subsequently turned down by the Sydney Rail Company, ...