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Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook

CHEVALIER, Nicholas 1828–1902

CHEVALIER, Nicholas 1828–1902

Born St. Petersburg of Swiss parentage; studied painting at Lausanne, architecture in Munich. 1851 went to London; exhibited RA; illustrated Layard's Discoveries in the Ruins of Ninevah and Babylon. In Rome 1853 but in 1854 sailed for Melbourne to search (successfully) for a brother missing in Bendigo: made paintings and sketches of the goldfields to be engraved and published by F. Gosse. Returned to Melbourne, and worked as professional artist: was cartoonist for Melbourne Punch until 1861, was illustrator, engraver, and introduced chromo-lithography to Australia. Was a long-time friend of Eugene Von Guerard and travelled and painted with him. 1865 came to New Zealand. Explored and painted in the country round the Southern Alps, making this “pictorial survey” for the Canterbury Provincial Government: he showed the paintings in Christchurch July 1866. In 1868 invited to join Duke of Edinburgh on world tour and afterwards settled in Sydenham, London. Work included in Centennial Ex, Wtn, 1940. Represented: NAG, McDougall, Turnbull, Hocken, and in Australian galleries.