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Scott, Margaret Cochrane, b. 1825
Late colonial-era Adelaide painter and cartoonist. Most of her art work appears to have been small in scale with numerous flower studies painted on green ...
Scott, Maria, b. 1821
Painter, lithographer and novelist. She exhibited two watercolours and a pencil drawing in the 1854 Australian Museum Exhibition.
Scott, Montagu
Montagu Scott arrived in Melbourne in the late 1850s and ran a photographic studio before illustrating the Melbourne Punch. He later moved to Sydney where ...
Scrivener, Henry A.
Sketcher and naval officer Henry A.Scrivener sketched the obligatory sites for a naval visitor: Government House, Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney Harbour from Garden Island and the ...
Scurry, James, b. 1826
Sketcher, sculptor and carver, James Scurry was a founding member of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts in 1856.
Sealy, Thomas A., b. 1829
Thomas A.Sealy was a muralist, monumental carver and stonemason. He drank heavily and local oral tradition holds that he paid his bills by painting murals.
Selwyn, Rose Elizabeth, b.
Selwyn was a daughter, sister and wife to Reverends, her watercolours were for friends and family not public exhibition. Her mother-in-law was not appreciative of ...
Setright, John Richard, b. 1840
John Richard Setright was scene-painter who helped extinguish a fire at the Victoria Theatre when he was working there.
Severn, Henry Augustus, b. 1833
Henry Augustus Severn was a painter, professional photographer and printmaker. In 1863 he helped decorate North Shore School of Arts to celebrate the marriage of ...
Sharkey, John
Government photographer and printer, John Sharkey invented his own form of photolithography. In 1869 he was appointed manager of the Government Printing Office's photolithographic branch.
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 ...
Shaw, James, b. 1815
James Shaw was born in 1815. He was a painter, photographer, engraver, lithographer, surveyor and lawyer. Shaw's two works 'Flood at Kent Town' and 'Sticking ...
Shaw, Richard H., b. 1832
Richard H.Shaw was a watercolourist and scene-painter. He died in poverty in 1895.
Shephard, Charles A.
Charles A.Shephard was a professional photographer who worked in Victoria and New South Wales. He exhibited at the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition.
Shepherd, Richard, b. 1825
Richard Shepherd was a lithographer. He was a foundation member of the Victorian Academy of Arts in 1870. Shepherd also helped found the South Melbourne ...
Sheppard, Catherine Elizabeth, b. 1842
Catherine Elizabeth (Kate) Sheppard was mainly known as a portrait painter, although she also painted altar pieces. In 1869 she gained public recognition for her ...
Sherry, Alice
Painter, arrived in Australia from USA apparently in the 1870s. She exhibited a painting of the Grand Canyon in 1872.
Short, William Wackenbarth, b. 1833
William Wackenbarth Short was a painter and professional photographer. He came to Melbourne in 1852. Short applied for the position of artist on the ill-fated ...
Shuetz,
Monsieur Shuetz was a drawing master. In 1878 he ran a drawing class at the Hobart Working Men's Club.
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 ...