Emily Meston b. c.1866

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Meston showed early promise as a portrait painter, however her remaining work is mostly still life. Her subject choice was compromised by the art world's preoccupation with conformity of women artists to the 'decorative' stereotype'.

Citations

  • 'Death Certificate No. 14297’.

  • Gibbney, H.J. and Smith, Ann G. (1987), 'A Biographical Register 1788-1939’, Canberra, ACT.

  • McCulloch, Alan & Susan (1994), 'The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, St Leonards, NSW.

  • Smith, Bernard (1953), 'A Catalogue of Australian Oil Paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952’, Sydney.

  • Souter, D.H. (1908), 'Some women artists-mainly of New South Wales’, Art and Architecture, September-October.

  • (1895), Bulletin, October, 5.

  • (1896), Daily Telegraph, September, 5.

  • (1894), Sydney Morning Herald, September, 28.

  • (1914), Telegraph, October, 10, page 11.

  • (1914), Town and Country Journal, October, 14, page 46.

  • (1896), Bulletin, March, 21.

  • (1914), 'Obituary’, Daily Telegraph, October, 10, page 11.

  • (1895), Sydney Morning Herald, September, 27.

  • (1896), Sydney Morning Herald, September, 5.

  • (1897), Sydney Morning Herald, May, 1.

  • (1897), Sydney Morning Herald, May, 29.

  • (1897), Sydney Morning Herald, July, 10.

  • (1897), Sydney Morning Herald, October, 2.

  • (1898), Sydney Morning Herald, May, 12.

  • (1914), 'obituary’, Sydney Morning Herald, October, 21, page 7.

  • Fullagar, Col, information sourced from.

See also

  • 'Bernice Edwell, Emily Meston c.1908, Art and Architecture, September-October, 1908'.
  • 'Chapter 1, plate 14', Study of Grapes (1895?), oil on canvas, 42 x 35.5 cm, signed l.l. 'E. Meston', Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased 1895.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book