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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Urls
  • https://josephinemuntzadams.art/
Other occupations
  • Teaching (ANZSIC code: P) -
  • Teaching (ANZSIC code: P)
Alternative names
  • Josephine Muntz Adams
  • Josephine Margaret Adams Muntz
  • Josephine Muntz Adams
  • Josephine Margaret Adams Muntz
Trainings
  • - Hubert von Herkomer, Bushey, Hertfordshire, London, England, UK
  • 1891 Académie Colarossi, Paris, France
  • 1884 - 1889 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
  • 1882 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
  • Hubert von Herkomer, Bushey, Hertfordshire, London, England, UK
  • 1891 Académie Colarossi, Paris, France
  • 1884 - 1889 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
  • 1882 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC