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Edmund Gouldsmith
Edmund Gouldsmith (10 July 1852 – 10 August 1932) was an English painter, noted for landscapes and marine studies, who spent three years in Adelaide, South Australia and three years in Christchurch, New Zealand. History Gouldsmith was born in Chatham, Bristol according to one reference Clifton, Bristol according to a contemporary report, Bristol, and studied at the Bristol Government School of Art and the Royal College of Art or Royal Academy Schools at South Kensington. He worked five years with the city architect's office at Bristol, but left when he felt confident of making a living through his art. He arrived in Adelaide in 1883, and established a studio in rooms above E. S. Wigg & Son's stationery premises with the desirable feature of north-facing windows, but austere and with no pleasing outlook. He exhibited with the South Australian Society of Arts (misreported as the "Royal South Australian Society of Fine Arts"), of which no trace has been found. In 1886 he left for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
