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John Glover (18 February 1767 – 9 December 1849) was an English-born Australian artist during the early colonial period of Australian art. In Australia he has been dubbed "the father of Australian landscape painting". Glover was born at Houghton-on-Hill in Leicestershire, England.
John Glover is one of Australia’s most celebrated colonial landscape painters. In England, he was a highly successful watercolourist and painter of landscapes in the tradition of French artist Claude Lorrain.
John Glover RBA (18 February 1767 – 9 December 1849) was an English-born artist. In later life he migrated to Van Diemen’s Land and became a pastoralist during the early colonial period. He has been dubbed "the father of Australian landscape painting." [6] Life in Britain. Glover was born at Houghton-on-the-Hill in Leicestershire, England.
John Glover (1787 – 1849) - Australian & Aboriginal Art. Regarded as the father of Australian landscapes, the skilful and prolific painter, John Glover is perhaps the most important Australian landscape painter of the early colonial period.
John Glover (1767 - 1849) RA Collection: People and Organisations English-born artist who in later life migrated to Australia and became a pastoralist during the early colonial period.
John Glover b. 18 February 1767 Artist (Painter) Glover's direct experience of nature, both as a pioneer settler and painter, resulted in a fresh and vital approach to Australian painting.
Apr 24, 2004 · John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque is a major exhibition featuring 100 paintings, watercolours, drawings and sketches of Regency Britain and colonial Tasmania by John Glover that includes some of the earliest oil paintings of the Australian landscape.
