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Marchant, George Lionel, b. 1882
Son of photographer Edwin Walter Marchant, George Marchant was also a photographer. He had his own studio in Clare and later in Adelaide, before he ...
Masters, Percy, b. 1893
Self-taught painter whose panoramas of Gippsland went on exhibition in the mid 1990s.
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 ...
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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 ...
Miethke, Adelaide, b. 1881
Teacher, inspector, unionist and organiser, in South Australia. When the former Women Assistants' Association (SA) became the Women Teachers' Association in 1906 she was elected ...
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Mort, Eirene, b. 1879
Designer and craftworker, Sydney, NSW, she was a prolific designer of textiles and various Applied Arts, often featuring Australian floral motifs, and was well known ...
Paterson, Betty, b. 1895
Mid 20th century Melbourne painter, cartoonist, violinist and singer. Sister of Esther Paterson.
Payne, Ellen Nora, b. 1865
Ellen Nora Payne was a painter and wood-carver. In 1891 she moved to Melbourne and studied under the Art Nouveau carver, Robert Prenzel. Payne also ...
Plante, Ada, b. 1875
Plante studied at the Académie Julian, Paris, where she lived off little more than biscuits. She later emerged as Modernist, and in 1932 was a ...
Pole, Leon, b. 1871
Federation era painter, muralist and caricaturist. He died in Toronto on 31 December 1951.
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Preston, Margaret, b. 1875
Margaret Preston specialised in still life subjects, seeking to reinvent the genre, with inspiration from Aboriginal art and Australian native flowers, but she also made ...
Proctor, Thea, b. 1879
A well known and well loved Australian artist, Thea Proctor was prolific both as an artist and designer. A prominent figure in the art scene ...
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Rodway, Florence Aline, b. 1881
Florence Aline Rodway had a splendid career as a portraitist but preferred to do more complex compositions with figures. Together with artists such as Thea ...
Salvana, J., b. 1873
J. Salvana was a painter. At a Smoke Night for the Art Society of NSW in September 1897, it was reported, "Messrs A.R. Coffey, Perry, ...
Serle, Dora Beatrice, b. 1875
Painter and china painter, Serle was active for over 70 years in Geelong and Melbourne though she studied briefly in England. She received most critical ...
Simpson, H.C., b. 1879
H.C. Simpson could be described as a minor watercolourist yet his images of the Gold Coast appealed to contemporary purchasers as much as present day ...
Snell, Edward, b. 1820
A successful surveyor and engineer as well as a painter and a sketcher, whose move to Australia was significant to his artistic output, beginning with ...
Stoddard, F., b. 1882
Miniature portrait painter F. Stoddard was born in Sydney in 1882. She was the granddaughter of Scottish miniaturist Peter Devine.
Vanzetti, Francesco, b. 1878
Artist, designer, metalsmith, architect, farmer, research officer and lecturer. He designed the "Certificate of Award" for the Coolgardie exhibition of 1899. Vanzetti also designed a ...
Vaughan, H.
H. Vaughan was an amateur photographer who advertised a camera and chemicals for sale in August 1865.