Mary Mercer b. 19 April 1882

Also known as Mary Cockburn-Mercer, Mary Cockburn Mercer, Mary Stewart Cockburn Messer
  • Artist (Painter)
Figurative painter in the Modernist style who lived a Bohemian artist's life in Montparnasse, Paris, before residing and painting in Melbourne 1938-1954.
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Citations

  • Gabriele d’Annunzio (1899), 'The Virgins of the Rocks’, London, England, UK [Hughes, Agatha (trans.)], n.d. (first published 1899).

  • St John Moore, Felicity (1992), 'Classical Modernism: The George Bell Circle’, National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Information sourced from Schlicht, Theo.

  • Eagle, Mary & Minchin, Jan (1981), 'The George Bell School: students, friends, influences’, Deutscher Art Publications, Melbourne, Vic.

  • McDonald, Anne (2001), 'Mary Cockburn-Mercer [sic]: the epitome of the modern Australian woman’, in artonview, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (no.26, winter 2001, pp. 14-17).

  • Schlicht, Rollin (1999), 'Remembering Mary Cockburn Mercer’, in 'Mary Cockburn Mercer: 1882-1963’, unpublished, (owned by Downer, Stella and cited by McDonald).

  • (1939), 'Some Past and Present Students of the George Bell School’, Athenaeum Gallery catalogue, Melbourne, Vic. (Cited Eagle and Minchin).

See also

  • 'Section 9, plate 402 (Virgin of the Rocks)', Heritage biography.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions