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May, Philip William, b. 1864
Significant English cartoonist who worked in Sydney and Melbourne for three years in the late Colonial period: "a rival to Charles Keene as England's greatest ...
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.
McConnel, Ursula Hope, b. 1888
McConnel had a full academic career which involved research in both London and Australia. Yet despite publishing regular scholarly articles and receiving a Rockefeller Fellowship ...
McCrae, Hugh Raymond, b. 1876
Significant early 20th century Melbourne and Sydney poet, author, cartoonist, illustrator and editor, McCrae was a close friend of Norman Lindsay, with whom he collaborated ...
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 ...
McEwan, W.M.
Painter who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1926 and 1928.
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 ...
McKay, E.M.
Painter and winner of a second class award for 'Figure Painting' at the 1899 Coolgardie Exhibition.
McLeod, John, b. 1877
Sculptor, painter, teacher, and illustrator. He was a member of the West Australian Society of Arts with which he exhibited regularly and held numerous positions ...
McMinn, A B, b. 1844
McWhannell, Isabel
Watercolourist and art student, working in Sydney. Spoken of having 'a strong show of watercolor... very cunning in the intricate distribution of ... lines and ...
Medland, Lilian Marguerite, b. 1880
Natural history painter and illustrator,London and Sydney. She showed from an early age a love for animals and a talent for sketching birds and animals ...
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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 ...
Melrose, A.
A. Melrose was a teacher of painting who lived in Fremantle.
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 ...
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.
Methven, Florence E.
Exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1908.