Painter, illustrator and cartoonist, came to Australia at the encouragement of his brother Julian Ashton. Remained in Australia for 14 years mainly working as an ...
Founder of the Julian Ashton Art School. Ashton dominated artistic circles in Sydney for over fifty years. He re-established the Society of Artists of which ...
Nellie Christmas was a plein air painter in WA; taught by her brother Ernest W. Christmas. All works are signed "Nellie Christmas." After marriage to ...
Constance Roth, painter, cartoonist, decorative artist, art teacher and journalist, taught life drawing at Julian Ashton's in 1885. She departed Australia in 1892, travelling to ...
Mornington Island painter Joelene Roughsey exhibited her work in 2005 in the 'Jidmaa Thuwathu - Rainbow Serpent Rising' exhibition at the Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, ...
Connie Rovina of the Kukuthaipan/Birri Gubba family groups of North Queensland works in a variety of media including painting on canvas and board, limited edition ...
Sketcher, scene-painter, actor and entertainer, George Fawcett entered into a partnership to build Princess Theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand, which opened in 1862. He not ...
Minnie Rowe's oeuvre is strongly influenced by the 'art nouveau' illustrative style. Her work demonstrates similarities to the illustrative work of Arthur Rackham and the ...
A Melbourne born, prolific natural history painter with an international reputation. Her work was classified within the despised female 'hobby' of flower painting.
Daughter of art teacher Walter Rowbotham she won numerous prizes including Albany Art Competition Painting Prize 1973, Drawing Prize 1973, Shire Prize 1975, Shire Prize ...