Bertha E. Merfield b. c.1869

  • Artist (Painter)
Known for her mural paintings in Victoria, Bertha E. Merfield was a pioneer of landscape painting among female artists in Australia.
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Name
Bertha E. Merfield
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1869
Birth place
Melbourne, Vic
Death date
20 September 1921
Death place
Melbourne, Vic
Active Period
  • c.1899 - c.1921
Residence
  • 1918 - 1919 Tasmania
  • Melbourne, Vic
  • Paris, France
  • England, UK
Training
  • c.1912 Slade School, London, England, UK
  • c.1899 Melbourne's National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic
  • George Clausen, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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Related stub people
  • Merfield, Thomas (child of)
  • Clausen, George (associate of)
  • Griffin, Marion Mahony (associate of)
  • Merfield, James (sibling of)
  • Vernon, Christopher (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Victorian Artists' Society (associate of)
  • Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria (associate of)
  • Society of Mural Decorators and Painters in Tempera, London, England, UK (associate of)
  • Twenty Melbourne Painters (associate of)
Related people
  • Fox, E. Phillips (associate of)
  • Tucker, Tudor St. George (associate of)
  • O'Connor, Ailsa (associate of)
  • Hookey, Mabel Madeleine (associate of)
  • Moore, William Gosling (associate of)
Related works
  • Roses (creator of)
  • Harbour lights (creator of)
  • The barn (creator of)
  • Landscape (creator of)
  • The Derwent River (creator of)
  • Bush Country (creator of)
  • The ranges (creator of)
  • River scene (creator of)
  • Twin gums (creator of)
  • In the bush (creator of)
  • Sydney Harbour (creator of)
  • Mural, Cafe Australia, Collins Street (creator of)
  • Mentone (creator of)
  • Evening, Port Jackson (creator of)
  • Blue Sea (creator of)
  • Eucalyptus (creator of)
  • Departing Day (creator of)
Related events
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (exhibited at)
  • Society of Mural Decorators' Exhibition (exhibited at)