Ralph Wilson b. 1827

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
English colonial architect and watercolourist who designed half of Melbourne while continuing to paint despite one critic describing his art as curry powder and mouldy bread.

Citations

  • Wilson, G.; & Sands, P. (1981), 'Building a City: 100 Years of Melbourne Architecture’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (27 November 1867), Argus, (supplement).

  • (4 June 1859), Australian and New Zealand Gazette.

  • Blank, A. L. (1968), 'Historical essay on Thomas James Crouch’, Victoria : Bachelor of Architecture thesis, University of Melbourne.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, C.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870