Roland Wheelwright (1870-1955) was an Australian painter, who moved to England at an early age and settled in Bushey, Hertfordshire. The artist was born in Ipswich in Australia in 1870, the grandson of John Hawden Wheelwright, a court painter in Brussels. His parents were sheep farmers, who returned to England following the drought in Australia in the 1880s.

On his return to England, he studied art at St. John's Wood Art School and then the Herkomer School of Art at Bushey under Sir Hubert von Herkomer, RA - he studied alongside Lucy Kemp Welch. Rowland Wheelwright then completed his studies at the Royal Academy Schools in London.

He was a superb painter of horses and went on to exhibit works at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Paris Salon. Rowland Wheelwright specialized primarily in classical and historical subjects. His most iconic works include "Joan of Arc Taken Prisoner", "The Caravan", "Enid and Geraint" and "Don Quixote". A notable collection of his paintings is owned by the Bushey Museum, Hertfordshire.

Rowland Wheelwright was an Australian-born British painter and illustrator. Using a diffuse pastel palette, he depicted equestrian, historical, and maritime scenes.

Born to a family of sheep farmers in 1870 in Ipswich, Australia, Wheelwright moved with his parents to England during the Australian drought of the 1880s. The artist went on to study at St. John's Wood Art School and the Herkomer School of Art in Bushey. While in school, he became acquainted with painters such as Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869-1958) while studying under Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914).

Wheelwright died in 1955 in Bushey, United Kingdom.