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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.
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.
Baillie, Maude, b. 1884
Working mainly with a pocket knife and chisel, Maude Baillie carved elaborate designs on various pieces of furniture. In 1907 she had one of her ...
Boesen, Aileen Maude
Aileen Maude Boesen was a flower painter in early 20th century Sydney. She exhibited several of her works at the 1907 Australian Exhibition of Woman's ...
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 ...
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 ...
May, Alfred
Late colonial sketcher. May compiled 'A Week on the Wild Wave', a sketchbook held in Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
Mayrhofer, A.
A. Mayrhofer was a working member of the West Australian Society of Arts in 1906.
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.
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 ...
McDonald, Isabel Agnes, b. 1871
It is believed Isabel McDonald studied under both Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts, powerhouses of Australian romanticism. Roberts was certainly known to her though, even ...
McDonald and Sons
'McDonald and Sons,' monumental masons, advertised in 1901 that the firm had commenced business in 1862.
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 ...