Josephine Muntz b. 30 March 1862

Also known as Josephine Muntz Adams, Josephine Margaret Adams Muntz
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, residing in Melbourne, she diverged from standard patterns of taste in her use of a sombre palette and free, expressive brushwork. She exhibited internationally, being consistently acclaimed since 1896, but ended her career in relative obscurity.
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painter, is something of a maverick in Australian art. The eldest of ten children, she was born on 30 March 1862 at Barfold, near Kyneton, into an extended family which migrated to Victoria from Northern Ireland in the 1850s.

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1995
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1992

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  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
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  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
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  • Parliament House, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Manly Art Gallery, Manly, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, QLD (collected in)
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