Meldrum, Max
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Birthname | Duncan Max Meldrum | ||||
born on | 3 December 1875 at 04:30 (= 04:30 AM ) | ||||
Place | Edinburgh, Scotland, 55n57, 3w13 | ||||
Timezone | GMT h0e (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
Australian painter known as the founder of Australian Tonalism, a representational style of painting, as well as his portrait work, for which he won the Archibald Prize in 1939 and 1940.
He ran the Meldrum School of painting in Melbourne between 1916 and 1926, and in 1916-17 he was elected president of the Victorian Artists' Society.
He died on 6 June 1955, aged 79.
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Source Notes
Sy Scholfield requested the data from Caroline Gerard who quotes birth certificate, June 2015: "Born 4.30 and I’m fairly sure it was am."
Categories
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Painter)
- Vocation : Education : Teacher (Art teacher)
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Founder of Australian Tonalism)