J. J. Hilder

J. J. Hilder (23 July 1881 – 10 April 1916), also known as Jesse Jewhurst Hilder, was an Australian watercolourist.

Early life

Hilder was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the fourth son and eighth child of Henry Hilder, an engineer originally from Sussex.[1] Hilder attended Toowoomba North State School until 1890 when his family moved to Brisbane where he continued his education at Fortitude Valley State School. Hilder spent three years at the Brisbane Grammar School, having won a scholarship at age 13, and passed the junior public examination in 1897.

In 1898 Hilder joined the Brisbane branch of the Bank of New South Wales.

Suffering increasing ill-health, Hilder moved on a number of occasions. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis.[1].

Career

Increasingly focused on his artwork, Hilder began to find more patronage and sales, and exhibited in Melbourne in 1914. Despite continued ill-health he painted throughout the remaining two years of his life, dying on 10 April 1916, at Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. His elder son was sculptor Bim Hilder. His younger son was artist and author Brett Hilder, although Brett is better known as a Master Mariner.

Publications

Notes

  1. ^ a b Smith, Bernard (1983). "Jesse Jewhurst Hilder (1881–1916)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 9. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 292–293. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 17 August 2025.

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