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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Citations

  • Ambrus, Caroline (1984), 'The Ladies’ Picture Show’.

  • Gibbney, H.J. and Smith, A.G. (1987), 'A biographical register 1788-1930’, Volume 2, Canberra, ACT, p.99.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 2nd edition, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Merfield, Bertha (1912), 'Impressions of Modern Art’, Melbourne, Vic.: State Library of Victoria Journal, Volume 13, Issue 4-5.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art’, 2 Volumes, (facsimile reprint, 1980).

  • (1920), Architecture 8.

  • (1913), Argus, 10-16.

  • (1921), Australasian, 09-24, p 598.

  • (1915), Melbourne, Vic.: Herald, 06-01.

  • (1920), Lone Hand, July.

  • (1920), Sydney Morning Herald, 05-11.

  • 'MS 7593’, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

  • 'Index to Australian biography’, Arts Library, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

  • VSL Arts Library, vertical file of ephemera.

  • (29 March 1978), 'Exhibition catalogue’, Duvance Galleries, 03-29.

  • Information sourced from Littley, Samantha.

  • (1917), Argus, 09-03.

  • (1919), Argus, 08-08.

  • (1920), Argus, 08-04.

  • (1921), Argus, 09- 23, p 6.

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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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