Eyre, Gladstone

Gladstone Eyre, Portraitist, and landscape painter was born 11th June 1862 in Brunswick, Victoria The Eyre family moved to Sydney in 1877 where Gladstone studied under Knud Bull. He established himself as portrait artist throughout the 1880’s painting many prominent people, including Sir Henry Parkes. Eyre exhibited a portrait of Cardinal Moran at the Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne 1888. By now painting views of Sydney Harbour. He died 1933