John Alexander Gilfillan

John Alexander Gilfillan
John Alexander Gilfillan and woman [Miss Mary Jane Gilfillan], Melbourne, c. 1856
Born
John Alexander Gilfillan

1793 (1793)
Jersey
Died11 February 1864(1864-02-11) (aged 70–71)
Melbourne
Resting placeMelbourne General Cemetery
EducationPainter
Known forPainting, New Zealand Settler, Scottish Professor

John Alexander Gilfillan was a professor of painting at the University of Strathclyde who migrated to Whanganui, New Zealand in 1841. He settled on a farm in Whanganui but when this was destroyed in 1847 he moved to Australia. While there he worked as a Customs Agent and painted a number of significant historical paintings.

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