Bertha Elizabeth Merfield b. 1869

  • Artist (Painter)
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 Cafe Australia, Melbourne with interiors by the Burley Griffin practice received considerable public acclaim.
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painter and muralist born in Melbourne. Bertha Elizabethwas the daughter of Thomas Merfield and sister of the astronomer Charles James Merfield.

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1999
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2019

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Residences
  • 1918 - 1919 Tasmania
  • - Melbourne, Vic
  • - Paris, France
  • - England, UK
  • 1918 - 1919 Tasmania
  • Melbourne, Vic
  • Paris, France
  • England, UK
Trainings
  • c.1912 Slade School, London, England, UK
  • c.1899 Melbourne's National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic
  • - George Clausen, England, UK
  • c.1912 Slade School, London, England, UK
  • c.1899 Melbourne's National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic
  • George Clausen, England, UK
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