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Robert Dowling
Australian Painter, 1827-1886
was an Australian colonial artist. Dowling was born in England the youngest son of Rev. Henry Dowling and his wife Elizabeth, nee Darke. He was brought to Launceston, Tasmania with his parents in 1839 in the Janet. He received lessons from Thomas Bock and Frederick Strange, and in 1850 advertised as a portrait painter. In 1856 Dowling left for London partly with the help of friends in Launceston. He exhibited 16 pictures at the Royal Academy between 1859 and 1882 and others at the British Institute. Returning to Launceston he afterwards came to Melbourne and painted portraits of Sir Henry Loch, Dr James Moorhouse, Francis Ormond, and others. He went to London again in 1886 but died shortly after his arrival. Dowling was a conscientious painter of figure subjects, often scriptural or eastern.
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Painting ID:: 32726
Tasmanian Aborigines
mk80
1856-87
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Painting ID:: 32737
Tasmanian Aborigines
mk80
1856-57
oil on canvas
63.6x118.6cm
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Painting ID:: 42125
An afternon siesta
mk167
1859
Oil
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Painting ID:: 42126
John Ware
mk167
c.1860
Oil
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Painting ID:: 42127
Mis Annie Ware
mk167
1882
Oil
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Robert Dowling
Australian Painter, 1827-1886
was an Australian colonial artist. Dowling was born in England the youngest son of Rev. Henry Dowling and his wife Elizabeth, nee Darke. He was brought to Launceston, Tasmania with his parents in 1839 in the Janet. He received lessons from Thomas Bock and Frederick Strange, and in 1850 advertised as a portrait painter. In 1856 Dowling left for London partly with the help of friends in Launceston. He exhibited 16 pictures at the Royal Academy between 1859 and 1882 and others at the British Institute. Returning to Launceston he afterwards came to Melbourne and painted portraits of Sir Henry Loch, Dr James Moorhouse, Francis Ormond, and others. He went to London again in 1886 but died shortly after his arrival. Dowling was a conscientious painter of figure subjects, often scriptural or eastern.
. Related Artists to Robert Dowling: | Ludger tom Ring the Younger | Yevgeny Lanceray | Frederic Baxille | Jan Antonisz. van Ravesteyn | Willem Van Leen |
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