- Benjamin Duterrau
Benjamin Duterrau (1767 –
11 July 1851 ) was an artist inEngland and in early colonialAustralia .Duterrau was was born in
London to parents of French descent. Duterrau was apprenticed to an engraver and in 1790 did two coloured stipple engravings after Morland, "The Farmer's Door" and "The Squire's Door". Taking up painting, between 1817 and 1823 he exhibited six portraits atRoyal Academy exhibitions, and he also exhibited three genre pieces at the British Institution about the same period.Duterrau emigrated to
Van Diemen's Land (nowTasmania ), arriving in August 1832 with his daughter. He lived at the corner of Campbell and Patrick Streets inHobart , and practised as a portrait painter. In 1835 he did some etchings ofIndigenous Australians , the first examples of that craft to be done inAustralia . His most famous painting "The Conciliation" is in the Hobart gallery with a self-portrait and other works, including some modelling in relief. A large landscape is in the Beattie collection at Launceston, and he is also represented in the Dixson collection atSydney . Duterrau died at Hobart in 1851.References
*A. Rand, ' [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010324b.htm Duterrau, Benjamin (1767 - 1851)] ', "
Australian Dictionary of Biography ", Volume 1, MUP, 1966, pp 339-340. Retrived on5 October 2008
*Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Benjamin|Last=Duterreau|Link=http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogD.html#Duterreau1|accessdate=2008-10-05External Link
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/561951/benjamin-duterrau.html Benjamin Duterrau] at ArtNet.com
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