Daniel Meyer Altson b. 1881

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Younger brother of painter Abbey Alston, Daniel Alston was an etcher and painter who studied design and painting at the National Gallery of Victoria Schools. In 1902 he won the annual NGV Travelling Scholarship and left for Paris where he undertook further study at l'Ecole des Beaux Arts and Colarossi's. Alston never returned to Australia.

Citations

  • Hall, Marshall (1982), 'The Artists of Northumbria’, Marshall Hall Associates, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2nd edn.

  • (1968), 'Art Bulletin of Victoria 1967/1968’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists