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Duterrau, Benjamin, b. 1767
Duterrau arrived in Australia when he was 65. Already an established artist, he produced many Australian 'firsts' including 'The Conciliation' - the first history painting ...
Roberts, Tom, b. 1856
One of Australia's most iconic painters, Tom Roberts was an early champion of plein-air painting and together with Frederick McCubbin, Roberts helped establish the famous ...
Watkins, John Samuel, b. 1866
John Samuel Watkins (1866-1942) was an English born portrait painter. He is best known for operating a popular Sydney based art school during the early ...
Streeton, Arthur, b. 1867
A member of the Heidelberg School and part of the famous '9 x 5' Impressions Exhibition in Melbourne, Arthur Streeton spent a number of years ...
Nuttall, Charles, b. 1872
Federation era Melbourne painter, cartoonist, illustrator, etcher and journalist. Nuttall was colour-blind, so specialised in black and white work and monochrome paintings from which his ...
Thorpe, John Hall, b. 1874
Illustrator and engraver, born in Victoria, began his career in 1891 as a wood engraver for John Fairfax and worked as a staff artist on ...
Goodhart, Joseph, b. 1875
Exhibited his etchings at the Paris Salon only two years after he adopted the medium. He also sketched extensively in Tasmania, aiming to record historical ...
Heysen, Hans, b. 1877
German-born, Adelaide-based painter. Probably more than any other artist, Hans Heysen changed the way Australia saw the gum tree, as for many, many years his ...
Scott, James Fraser, b. 1877
A New Zealand born artist who had early success as a student in Europe, then worked as a war artist for Australia before setting up ...
Bell, George Frederick Henry, b. 1878
The artist George Bell is best known for his influential role as a teacher in Melbourne and his promotion of modernism in Australia.
Hart, Joseph Henry, b. 1880
Born in 1880, Joseph Henry Hart was an accomplished practitioner in diverse media including leatherwork, pewter work and painting. His major surviving work, his illustrations ...
Lovett, Mildred Esther, b. 1880
Painter, pastellist, lithographer, sculptor and china painter, born in Hobart Lovett succeeded Sydney Long as Julian Ashton's assistant teacher in Sydney. An influential teacher, her ...
Wilson, Dora L., b. 1883
Best known for her street scenes showing figures in dappled light, Dora Wilson was also a printmaker who was awarded a silver medal for the ...
Barling, M., b. 1885
Miss Barling exhibited at the Royal Art Society in 1908 and 1909. There is some speculation that she might otherwise be known as the printmaker ...
Morgan, James Squire Woodward, b. 1886
Prominent interwar period etcher who studied under Julian Ashton and Sydney Long.
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Smith, Sydney Ure, b. 1887
etcher, illustrator and editor.
Campbell, Ruby, b. 1888
Painter, etcher, wood-carver and pyrographer. Apart from a brief stint in Melbourne in the early 1920s, Ruby Campbell spent her entire life on her family's ...
Syme, Eveline Winifred, b. 1888
A contemporary of many well known female Australian artists, Syme was an active member of a number of artistic associations. She was widely travelled and ...
Leason, Percy, b. 1889
Percy Leason is best known as a black and white illustrator but his portraits of Aboriginal subjects completed 1929-1934 make an important contribution to the ...
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Meere, Charles, b. 1890
Charles Meere's art practice encompassed landscape, still life and portraiture, mural design, and black and white illustration. He is best known for his Art Deco ...