Josephine Muntz b. 1862 Barfold, near Kyneton, VIC

Also known as:
  • Josephine Muntz Adams
  • Josephine Margaret Adams Muntz
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, residing in Melbourne, she diverged from standard patterns of taste in her use of a sombre palette and free, expressive brushwork. She exhibited internationally, being consistently acclaimed since 1896, but ended her career in relative obscurity.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1995
Name
Josephine Muntz
Also known as:
  • Josephine Muntz Adams
  • Josephine Margaret Adams Muntz
Birth date
30 March 1862
Birth place
Barfold, near Kyneton, VIC
Death date
1949
Death place
None
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • 1922- 1949 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1917- 1922 Brisbane, QLD
  • c.1912- c.1917 Melbourne, VIC
  • c.1908 North Africa
  • 1898- 1903 Queensland
  • 1890- 1896 London, England, UK
  • 1890- 1896 Paris, France
  • 1862- 1890 Melbourne, VIC
Other Occupation
  • Teaching
Active Period
  • c.1896- c.1940
Cultural Heritage
  • Irish
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Hubert von Herkomer, Bushey, Hertfordshire, London, England, UK
  • 1891 Académie Colarossi, Paris, France
  • 1884- 1889 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
  • 1882 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage with additions

painter, is something of a maverick in Australian art. The eldest of ten children, she was born on 30 March 1862 at Barfold, near Kyneton, into an extended family which migrated to Victoria from Northern Ireland in the 1850s.

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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1995
Last updated:
1992
associate of
Arthur Streeton
1867
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Anne Graham
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Thomas Bingham Muntz
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
sibling of
Edith Muntz
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
sibling of
David Livingstone Muntz
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Hubert Von Herkomer
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
spouse of
Samuel Howard Adams
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
teacher Folingsby
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Presbyterian Church
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Australian Artists Association
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Académie Colarossi
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Melbourne Hunt Club, VIC
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Victorian Parliament, VIC
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Central Technical College, Brisbane, QLD
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Plymouth Brethren
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Victorian Artists' Society, VIC
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Black and Gold
Portrait of a Woman Reading
Date
1943
Duncan Gillies
Date
1906
A Gipsy Belle
Date
1896
Care
Date
1887
Collections
Exhibition of Paintings
1943
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Greater Britain Exhibition
1899
Exhibition (exhibited at)
London, England, UK
Salon
1892
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Paris, France
Recognitions
Greater Britain Exhibition
1899
Award
Note: Gold Medal. Portraiture
Citations:
  • Hordern House Acquisitions list, (Place: 1998)
  • Larner, Bronwyn and Considine, Fran, (1988), A Complementary Caste, (Place: Catalogue, Centre Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Qld)
  • Hammond, Victoria and Peers, Juliet, (1992), Completing the Picture, (Place: East Hawthorn, VIC)
  • Burke, Janine, (1980), Australian Women Artists 1840-1940, (Place: Collingwood, VIC)
See also:
  • Heritage, section 3, plate 108