James Muir Auld b. 19 June 1879

Also known as J. Muir Auld, Jim Auld, J.M. Auld
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
James Muir Auld was a respected Sydney-based portrait and landscape painter who trained with J.S. Watkins and Julian Ashton. He was active as a painter and illustrator for forty years and won the Wynne Prize in 1935.

Citations

  • Littlejohn, Agnes (1928), 'Lyrics and Mystic Sketches [poetry]’, Edwards Dunlop & Co, Sydney, NSW, Book illustrated by J. Muir Auld.

  • Wright, Arthur (1919), 'A Rogue’s Luck’, NSW Bookstall Co, Sydney, NSW, Book illustrated by J. Muir Auld.

  • Ogilvie, Will. H. (1914), 'Gray Horses [poetry]’, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW, Book illustrated by J. Muir Auld.

  • Websdale, Charles D. (1905), 'Seafarers’, States Publishing Co, Sydney, NSW, Book illustrated by J. Muir Auld.

  • Elsie Linacre (c.1905), 'Little Pitcher’, States Publishing Co, Sydney, NSW, Book illustrated by J. Muir Auld.

  • Anon (1942), ''J. Muir Auld, 1879-1942’, Loan Memorial Exhibition by the late J. Muir Auld’ [catalogue]’, National Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW.

  • Badham, Herbert. E. (1949), 'A Study of Australian Art’, Currawong Publishing Co Ltd, Sydney, NSW.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW.

  • Murphy, Bernice (1979), ''Auld, James Muir (1879-1942)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7’, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Stevens, Bertram (1917), ''James Muir Auld’,’, Art in Australia, Third Number.

  • Wakelin, Roland (1942), ''The Late J. Muir Auld’, in Society of Artists Book 1942’, Ure Smith Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW.

See also

  • 'Photo of artist published in 1912 Royal Art Society of NSW annual exhibition catalogue', Photo by Crown Studios, Sydney, NSW.