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Mason, G. Heather
One of three artistic sisters from Tasmania, she was a colonial sculptor who studied in London and exhibited in Paris, working in pottery and fashioning ...
Massie, Hester, b. 1856
Colonial female artist who painted landscapes and wildflowers. She was part of a large and prominent Sydney merchant family.
Mather, John, b. 1848
Glasgow born and educated, John Mather came to Melbourne hoping to pursue a full time career as an artist, but for some years had to ...
Mather, John Baxter, b. 1853
Late colonial period Adelaide painter, illustrator, etcher, curator, critic and journalist. In 1913, Mather was director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Mattinson, Lance, b. 1892
Early 20th century Perth, London and Sydney cartoonist. Mattinson was art editor of the AIF paper 'Aussie' (1918-19), published in France.
Arnest, John Maud, b.
Born in the United States, John Maud Arnest made a comprehensive collection of photographs showing life in the Australian town of Hamilton, Victoria from 1900-1920.
Mallison, D. E. Mavis
Female sculptor from Tasmania, who taught while studying art, eventually moving to, and exhibiting in Sydney.
Cadden, Delia Eleanor May, b. 1884
China painter and resident of Beecroft, Sydney, NSW.
Creeth, May, b. 1854
May Creeth was born in 1854. She was a painter, china painter, teacher, photographer and pyrographer. Creeth trained in art at the South Kensington Schools ...
Forbes, Louisa May
A painter and active member of the Western Australian Women's Society of Fine Arts and Crafts who also became a well-known china painter.
George, May, b.
Though she claimed never to have received an art lesson, May Butler George exhibited her miniatures in Melbourne, London and Paris on a regular basis.
Gibbs, May, b. 1877
Creator of the famous tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, the Gumnut babies, Gibbs began her career as a cartoonist and hoped to be recognised as ...
Hutton, Beatrice May
Architect, Queensland, worked Rockhampton.
Kennedy, Elisabeth May
Bateman, Henry Mayo, b. 1887
Popular early 20th Australian-born English Punch cartoonist. Bateman was the creator of the well-known "The Man who.." series.
Mayo, Daphne, b. 1895
Stronger than the stone she carved, this widely collected female artist's promotion of the arts rivalled her international sculpting career, by setting up several bequests ...
McComas, Francis, b. 1874
Tasmanian born landscape painter who later trained and worked in Sydney, NSW. McComas later migrated to California where he made his name as an artist.
McCrae, Marjory Francesca, b. 1905
Mid 20th century painter, cartoonist and commercial artist. Her parents' great friend Norman Lindsay taught her to draw and throughout the course of her career ...
McCubbin, Frederick, b. 1855
From the 1880s, when his first mature work was painted, until just before his death in 1917, Frederick McCubbin painted some of Australia's most loved ...
McKail, Alan, b. 1888
A Melburnian auctioneer, fashion and theatre designer known for his costumes at Melbourne's Artists' Balls. Contemporary police and media reactions to his more flamboyant costumes ...