All Robert Dowling's oil paintings
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42125 An afternon siesta An afternon siesta mk167 1859 Oil
75343 Group of Natives of Tasmania Group of Natives of Tasmania Group of Natives of Tasmania (1859, oil on canvas, 45.6 x 91.4 cm) by Robert Dowling cjr
77226 Group of Natives of Tasmania Group of Natives of Tasmania 1859, oil on canvas, 45.6 x 91.4 cm cyf
42126 John Ware John Ware mk167 c.1860 Oil
42127 Mis Annie Ware Mis Annie Ware mk167 1882 Oil
32726 Tasmanian Aborigines Tasmanian Aborigines mk80 1856-87
32737 Tasmanian Aborigines Tasmanian Aborigines mk80 1856-57 oil on canvas 63.6x118.6cm
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 : | Conrad Wise Chapman | BABUREN, Dirck van | LONGHI, Alessandro | Willim Henry Fox Talbot | Quentin Massys |