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Birth Place

South Yarra, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Biography

painter and engraver, was born at South Yarra on 11 August 1869. Louis Buvelot and his wife took an interest in him. Employed by David Syme & Co. as engraver for the Age , Bennett lived in High Street, St Kilda, later at Healesville and Yarra Glen. He married Zilpah Pyke (or Pike); their only son, Royden Louis Charles Bennett, died in France during World War I. Colonial & Indian Exhibition, London 1886: Victorian Court – Bennett, Chas. S., 29 Darling-street, South Yarra – Ten water colours descriptive of Victorian scenery. Exhibited with the Australian Artists Association (Victoria) in 1887, in both its winter and summer shows. Exhibited in the 1888-89 Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition and won a Jury award, 3rd order of merit (Oil and Watercolour Painting) for Bush Track . The catalogue gives his address as 271 Collins-st, Melbourne. Other works exhibited in the Victorian Artists’ Gallery (Watercolours) included no.137 Old Melbourne Stables , City Marble Yard , Blackwood Ranges and Near Mentone . C.S. Bennett of 18 Collins-street east, Melbourne exhibited in the Victorian Court Class 2 (Various paintings, drawings etc) cat. no.2 Near Dandenong , At Blackwood and The Old Home , and class 5 (Engravings and lithographs) cat. no.162 Wood engravings, descriptive of Australian life, and landscape. C.S. Bennett died at Mornington on 22 April 1930. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1996 Last updated: 2007

Born

b. 11 August 1869

Summary

Charles S. Bennett was active in the Melbourne artistic community in the late 1880s and exhibited both in Melbourne and London during that time.

Gender

Male

Died

22-Apr-30

Age at death

61