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Lawrence, Kay, b. 1947
One of Australia’s pre-eminent tapestry and textile artists, Kay Lawrence was named a Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 for her embroidery in ...
Levido, Alfred, b. 1863
Architectural draughtsman, watercolourist, illustrator and teacher of technical drawing. He was a member of the West Australian Society of Arts from 1905-1910.
Lincolne, Abraham, b. 1815
Abraham Lincolne was a sketcher, writer, farmer and stock agent. He came to New South Wales in 1838 where he rented Fig Tree Farm at ...
Loveday, Tom, b. 1956
A painter and architect and lecturer in Interior Architecture at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
MacCormac, Andrew, b. 1826
Male colonial painter of portraits, a few landscape and genre paintings, who mainly worked in South Australia, portraying the upper classes.
Mackie, Frederick, b. 1812
Colonial male Quaker teacher of natural sciences whose sketches of prisoners provide insight into the Port Arthur colony. He travelled to Quaker communities around the ...
Macleod, Mary Frances Theodosia
Colonial female artist and musician whose drawings of Government House were appreciated by Governor Gawler's wife. The artist played harp and piano on Glenelg Beach ...
Madigan, Rosemary Wynnis, b. 1926
South Australian born sculptor who concentrated on carving stone and wood to produce classically modern sculptures, mainly based on the human figure. Also an influential ...
Magill, J. N.
Unknown colonial sketcher who signed a watercolour of Adelaide, South Australia. The work is held at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Malcolm, J.
Unknown sketcher who drew the ship 'Isabella' and may have exhibited it (or a relative may have exhibited it) in Adelaide, 1863.
Marek, Dusan, b. 1926
Painter, film maker and radical Surrealist. Came to Australia as a political refugee in 1948 and through his teaching as well as his art, had ...
Martin, A.
Colonial female sketcher whose sketches of Pilgrim's Progress drew comment from an Adelaide newspaper.
Mayo, Ellen Anne
Female colonial sketcher and painter who recorded views of Sydney as she travelled to Adelaide. Afterwards she exhibited a painting of fruit.
McGilchrist, Erica, b. 1926
A painter, illustrator, dancer and teacher - taught painting at Kew Mental Hospital, was significant in the women's movement, and has had over 40 solo ...
McKenna, Brenton, b. 1982
Emerging graphic novelist and cartoonist of Ywarru heritage, based in Adelaide. His main sources of inspiration are his memories of growing up in Broome.
McMinn, William, b. 1844
Sketcher, architect and surveyor. In 1865 McMinn was involved in a disastrous expedition to northern Australia to map the Adelaide River. To return to civilisation ...
McNamara, Leila Constance, b. 1894
Leila Constance McNamara (1894-1973), painter and teacher, active mainly in Adelaide, South Australia.
Mellor, Danie, b. 1971
Mixed media and conceptual artist, Mellor's work investigates cultural differences in perception and the reading of objects in gallery contexts. Also a landscape artist working ...
Mengler, Bertha Maria Lizzette, b. 1867
Teacher of drawing, painting and applied arts who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts.
Minchin, Richard, b. 1831
Painter, lithographer(?), draughtsman and zoo director, migrated to Adelaide from Ireland in the 1850s, won many prizes at the South Australian Society of Arts with ...