Edward Oram

  • Artist (Sculptor)
Professional woodcarver who exhibited his work at the 1870 Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition. Was he also a copyist?
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professional woodcarver, founded a woodcarving firm in Sydney later acquired by James Cunningham . It included ship and architectural carving as well as cabinet and pattern making and was of some size, employing up to ten skilled assistants when needed. Oram exhibited 'two carved Book-rests, cut from the solid without joint or pin’, at the 1870 Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition. Was he also a copyist? The Kerrs had a small watercolour copy of Solomon J. Solomon’s gigantic oil painting Ajax and Cassandra (BFAG), signed 'Oram’.

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011

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Related people
  • Cunningham, James (associate of)
Related works
  • Ajax and Cassandra? (creator of)
Related collections
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic (collected in)