Max Meldrum b. 3 December 1875

Also known as Duncan Max Meldrum
  • Artist (Painter)
After winning a National Gallery School Travelling Scholarship and moving to Paris to study, Scottish-born painter Max Meldrum found himself out of sympathy with the academic theories being taught and soon abandoned formal study. He nevertheless made a name for himself as a most influential artist and teacher with his controversial theory of painting as a pure science, a science of optical analysis.
Tags: Tonalism
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Ranunculi
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Medium
oil on board

45 × 37cm

 
creator of
Shadows, landscape with trees
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=47817
 
creator of
Portrait of Fritz Hart
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=147508
 
creator of
The yellow screen (Family group)
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=41519
 
creator of
La Flume
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=36057
 
creator of
Four o'clock
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=71225
 

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Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist
Periods active
  • c.1892 - c.1950
  • c.1892 - c.1940
Residences
  • 1875 - 1889 Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1889 - 1900 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1900 - 1901 Paris, France
  • 1901 - 1902 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • 1902 - 1911 France
  • 1928- United States of America (Six months )
  • 1926 - 1931 France
  • 1911 - 1926 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1931 - 1955 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1875 - 1889 Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1889 - 1900 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1900 - 1901 Paris, France
  • 1901 - 1902 Scotland
  • 1902 - 1911 France
  • 1928- United States of America (Six months )
  • 1926 - 1931 France
  • 1911 - 1926 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1931 - 1955 Melbourne, Vic.
Other occupations
  • Lecturer 1928 - 1931 United States of America
  • Art teacher 1915 - 1926 Melbourne, Vic.
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 81) 1937 - c.1950 Melbourne, Vic.
  • Lecturer
  • Art teacher
Tags
  • Tonalism
Alternative names
  • Duncan Max Meldrum
Arrivals
  • 1889
  • 1889
Related people
  • Nitsch, Charles (relative of)
  • Nitsch, Charles (associate of)
  • Nitsch, Jeanne (spouse of)
  • Velasquez, Diego (associate of)
  • Nitsch, Charles (relative of)
  • Nitsch, Charles (associate of)
  • Nitsch, Jeanne (spouse of)
  • Velasquez, Diego (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Meldrum School of Painting (associate of)
  • Meldrum School of Painting (associate of)
Related works
  • Ranunculi (None)
  • Shadows, landscape with trees (creator of)
  • Portrait of Fritz Hart (creator of)
  • The yellow screen (Family group) (creator of)
  • La Flume (creator of)
  • Four o'clock (creator of)
  • Ranunculi (None)
  • Shadows, landscape with trees (creator of)
  • Portrait of Fritz Hart (creator of)
  • The yellow screen (Family group) (creator of)
  • La Flume (creator of)
  • Four o'clock (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • National Gallery Travelling Scholarship (received)
  • National Gallery Travelling Scholarship (received)
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Place Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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