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McIlwaine, Leila, b. 1840
Leila McIlwaine's skills were beyond that of the average amateur but it is not known whether she trained as an artist in England before coming ...
McKay, E.M.
Painter and winner of a second class award for 'Figure Painting' at the 1899 Coolgardie Exhibition.
McMinn, A B, b. 1844
McMullen, George
Architect who was a member of the Western Institute of Artists and exhibited with them in Art Gallery of Western Australia in 1921.
McRea, Donald
Professional photographer, was advertising at Echuca in 1899.
Medland, James, b. 1817
Painter and clergyman. Sent to Tasmania as a Church of England religious instructor.
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Meldrum, Max, b. 1875
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 ...
Menpes, Mortimer, b. 1860
While living in Japan in the 1880s, Menpes outraged Whistler, who accused him of plagiarising his own Japanese methods in painting. Whether this was so ...
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Meredith, Louisa, b. 1812
Miniaturist, watercolourist, engraver, poet, writer and botanist. She resided in Tasmania for most of her life and exhibited in many Intercolonial Exhibitions.
Merfield, Bertha Elizabeth, b. 1869
Known for her mural paintings in Victoria, Bertha E. Merfield was a pioneer of landscape painting among female artists in Australia. Her mural for the ...
Meston, Walter Paterson, b. 1870
Sign writer and painter who was an exhibiting member of the West Australian Society of Arts and served as its president in 1924-1927.
Metcalfe, Daniel F., b.
professional photographer, owned photographic galleries in Sydney and Brisbane and travelled through regional NSW.
Micklehead, Biddy
Late Colonial period Queensland political cartoonist known for a cartoon that addressed the use of Asian and South Pacific Islander labour in the 1880s and ...
Midgely, Anne, b. 1866
Known as a painter and teacher Anne Midgely's best known work is 'Departure of the First Queensland Contingent for South Africa', 1899.
Midwood, Thomas Claude Wade, b. 1855
Colonial period Hobart cartoonist, caricaturist, engraver, wood-carver and guitarist
Miethke, Adelaide, b. 1881
Teacher, inspector, unionist and organiser, in South Australia. When the former Women Assistants' Association (SA) became the Women Teachers' Association in 1906 she was elected ...
Minchen, Ernest William, b.
Ernest William Minchen (Minchin) was known as a landscape painter. In 1869 he made his debut with the South Australian Society of Arts and continued ...
Minns, B.E., b. 1863
B.E. Minns was introduced to art by the young Charles Conder, with whom he shared rooms in the 1880s. He soon developed a successful career ...
Mitchell, Erlistoun, b. 1868
Embroiderer, South Australia, produced many works after Morris & Co. designs, including table covers, a screen, mantel borders and a splendid portière.
Moffitt, Ernest Edward, b. 1871
Melbourne artist/young man about town, who died early - memorial book could well be the first monograph written on an Australian artist.