Artists›John Glover

John Glover

1767

WA-00070381

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Tatehttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-glover-212
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

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John Glover 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."

Source: Tate · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (34)

Patterdale farm

1840 · oil paint

Soleil couchant à Ben Lomond

1840 · oil paint

A Corroboree in Van Diemen's Land

1840 · oil paint

Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land

1838 · oil paint

The River Nile, Van Diemen's Land, from Mr Glover's farm

1837 · oil paint

A view of the artist's house and garden, in Mills Plains, Van Diemen's Land

1835 · oil paint

My last view of Italy, looking from the ...

1835 · oil paint

Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point

1834 · oil paint

A corroboree of natives in Mills Plains

1832 · oil paint

Launceston and the river Tamar

1832 · oil paint

Hobart Town, taken from the garden where I lived, 1832, oil painting by John Glover,

1832 · oil paint

Image pending

Watercolor over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper · 1830

Two Cows by Stream below Mountain

1830 · Watercolor over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper

26.7 × 36.7 cm (10 9/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sandown Bay, from near Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

1827 · oil paint

Thirlmere

1825 · oil paint

support: 760 x 1012 mm frame: 940 x 1280 x 115 mm

Tate

Ullswater, early morning

1824 · oil paint

Landscape view in Cumberland

1820 · oil paint

Windermere, England, 1816, by John Glover

1816 · paper

At Matlock - mist rising

Watercolor over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on cream wove card · 1800

Cowherd and Cows on Bridge below Castle

1800 · Watercolor over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on cream wove card

22.2 × 16.4 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Image pending

Watercolor on tan board · 1789

Figures on Road by Overgrown Manor House

1789 · Watercolor on tan board

12.4 × 18.2 cm (4 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Patterdale landscape, Tasmania, 1833-1834, by John Glover

oil paint

Swiss Landscape

oil paint

The Head of Windermere

oil paint

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34 published of 40 catalogued · 31 with image

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30 published30 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published
Tate
1 publishedof 3 catalogued1 img
+ 1 more source · 4 catalogued, not yet published

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51 entries · 2 sources

Thirlmere
1825 · Tate · 6 prov
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Patterdale farm
1840 · Wikidata · 5 prov
Wikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
A Corroboree in Van Diemen's Land
1840 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Soleil couchant à Ben Lomond
1840 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen's Land
1838 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The River Nile, Van Diemen's Land, from Mr Glover's farm
1837 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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My last view of Italy, looking from the ...
1835 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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A view of the artist's house and garden, in Mills Plains, Van Diemen's Land
1835 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point
1834 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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A corroboree of natives in Mills Plains
1832 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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