painter, studied at the National Gallery Schools in Melbourne. In the late 1880s he was a member of the Heidelberg School. He rented a lodge in the garden of Charterisville in 1890 (see Leon “Sonny” Pole ). A large oil on canvas seascape signed 'Tom Humphey’ was offered at Christie’s Australian and European Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Part 1 , Melbourne, 29 April 1997, lot 77. Undated, it was probably painted in the late 1890s, after he had left Charterisville but before tuberculosis confined him to painting smaller, more intimate works. By the early 20th century he was better known as a portrait photographer, working out of a studio on Collins Street with his wife Alice Mills.
This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography.
- Writers:
- Staff Writer
Eric Riddler
- Date written:
- 1999
- Last updated:
- 2022
