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Story, George Fordyce, b. 1800
Medical practitioner, amateur photographer and botanist who arrived in Tasmania in the late 1820s to serve as a government surgeon at various locations. Story spent ...
Strange, Frederick, b. 1807
Shipped to Tasmania for robbing a grocery shop, Strange established himself as a portrait painter in Launceston where he also painted a number of views ...
Strickland, Violet Edith
Spinner and weaver. Strickland was a very strong minded person who taught spinning and weaving from around the First World War.
Stuart, W. J.
Amateur photographer, was taking photographs at Hobart Town in the late 1860s.
Stutterd, Joseph Gardner
Portrait and landscape painter, came to Tasmania from London and advertised in the Launceston Examiner on 25 September 1855 that he was prepared to undertake ...
Styant-Browne, Frank, b. 1854
Homeopathic chemist, painter and photographer, was born on 10 July 1854 in Norwich, England and was educated at Norwich and Derby. Married in England to ...
Summers, Delia, b. 1960
Tasmanian Aboriginal artist based in Launceston whose weaving, textile and ceramic works are informed by her childhood memories of life on Cape Barren Island.
Swan, H.
Photographer, gave a demonstration of stereoscopic photography at Launceston, Tasmania.
Swan, Louisa J.
Early 20th century Tasmanian painter and craftworker.
Sylke, Ann, b. 1805
Colonial sketcher and governess, who apparently made many beautiful drawings in her time at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. She was threatened with legal proceedings when ...
Synnot, Marianne, b. 1828
Colonial sketcher, wife of an Anglican clergyman. Sketched in her journal in which she also mentions watercolour works for family members and friends.
Synnot, Walter, b. 1773
Colonial army officer, amateur painter of natural history paintings, watercolour scenes and at least one portrait. Known works were produced during his time living in ...
Tanner, Edwin Russell, b. 1920
Painter and engineer, won a commemorative medal for painting at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. Tanner also did preliminary work towards a MA degree in ...
Taylor, Peter , b. 1927
Taylor was a sculptor, typically working in wood. He was head of sculpture at the School of Art, University of Tasmania, also becoming involved in ...
Thomas, George H.
Colonial-era Victorian and Tasmanian caricaturist, Thomas was awarded damages of 15 shillings when the subject of one of his caricatures destroyed the illustration as it ...
Thomas, Judith-Rose, b.
Tasmanian artist of the Ben Lomond people whose geometric, mixed-media paintings reflect upon an engagement with the Aboriginal petroglyphs of the north western and north ...
Thomas, Daniel, b. 1931
Thomas, Daniel, b. 1931
Daniel Thomas is has been a continuing major force in Australian art curatorship since he was first appointed to the Art Gallery of NSW as ...
Thompson, John, b. 1800
A competent sketcher, Thompson's book of views, drawn in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land between 1827 and 1832, appear mostly to be the ...
Thomson, William, b. 1801
Colonial painter, the first documented portraitist to publicly solicit patrons in Van Diemen's Land.