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1836 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 1914 Australia. Known for: Landscape painting.
William Charles Piguenit was an Australian landscape painter. Piguenit was born in Hobart, Tasmania, to Frederick Le Geyt Piguenit and Mary Ann née Igglesden. Frederick had been transported to Van... Read full biography
William Charles Piguenit was an Australian landscape painter. Piguenit was born in Hobart, Tasmania, to Frederick Le Geyt Piguenit and Mary Ann née Igglesden. Frederick had been transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1830, with Frederick's fiancee, Mary Ann, following him. They married in Hobart in... Read full biography
William Charles Piguenit was an Australian landscape painter. Piguenit was born in Hobart, Tasmania, to Frederick Le Geyt Piguenit and Mary Ann née Igglesden. Frederick had been transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1830, with Frederick's fiancee, Mary Ann, following him. They married in Hobart in 1833. William's first artistic influences came from his mother, who set up a school for young ladies where she taught "French, music and drawing". In 1850 William became a draftsman with the Tasmanian... Read full biography
William Charles Piguenit was an Australian landscape painter. Piguenit was born in Hobart, Tasmania, to Frederick Le Geyt Piguenit and Mary Ann née Igglesden. Frederick had been transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1830, with Frederick's fiancee, Mary Ann, following him. They married in Hobart in 1833. William's first artistic influences came from his mother, who set up a school for young ladies where she taught "French, music and drawing". In 1850 William became a draftsman with the Tasmanian Lands & Survey Department, working in particular on the Geological Survey of Tasmania. During this period of employment Piguenit provided lithographic illustrations for, The Salmon Ponds and vicinity, New Norfolk Tasmania (Hobart Town: M.L. Henn,... Read full biography
William Charles Piguenit was an Australian landscape painter. Piguenit was born in Hobart, Tasmania, to Frederick Le Geyt Piguenit and Mary Ann née Igglesden. Frederick had been transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1830, with Frederick's fiancee, Mary Ann, following him. They married in Hobart in 1833. William's first artistic influences came from his mother, who set up a school for young ladies where she taught "French, music and drawing". In 1850 William became a draftsman with the Tasmanian Lands & Survey Department, working in particular on the Geological Survey of Tasmania. During this period of employment Piguenit provided lithographic illustrations for, The Salmon Ponds and vicinity, New Norfolk Tasmania (Hobart Town: M.L. Henn, [1867]). He took painting lessons from the Scottish painter Frank Dunnett but until he got a good price for a... Read full biography
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William Charles Piguenit was an Australian landscape painter.
Piguenit was born in Hobart, Tasmania, to Frederick Le Geyt Piguenit and Mary Ann née Igglesden. Frederick had been transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1830, with Frederick's fiancee, Mary Ann, following him. They married in Hobart in 1833.
William's first artistic influences came from his mother, who set up a school for young ladies where she taught "French, music and drawing".
In 1850 William became a draftsman with the Tasmanian Lands & Survey Department, working in particular on the Geological Survey of Tasmania.
During this period of employment Piguenit provided lithographic illustrations for, The Salmon Ponds and vicinity, New Norfolk T...But wait, there's more...
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