Max Meldrum b. 3 December 1875

Also known as Duncan Max Meldrum
  • Artist (Painter)
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 academic theories being taught and soon abandoned formal study. He nevertheless made a name for himself as a most influential artist and teacher with his controversial theory of painting as a pure science, a science of optical analysis.
Tags: Tonalism
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relative of
Charles Nitsch
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associate of
Charles Nitsch
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spouse of
Jeanne Nitsch
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associate of
Diego Velasquez
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associate of
Mary Cecil Allen
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Alice Marion Ellen Bale
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Clarice Beckett
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Bell
1875
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Norman St Clair Carter
1875
Artist (Painter), Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer)
associate of
George Coates
1875
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Colin Colahan
1875
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Sculptor)
associate of
Alexander Colquhoun
1875
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Amalie Sara Colquhoun
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Marion Ferdinando
1875
Artist (Draughtsman)
teacher of
Alma Agnes Marion Figuerola
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Henry Bromilow Harrison
1875
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Graeme Charles Inson
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Percy Leason
1875
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Helen Dora Lempriere
1875
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Sara Levi
1875
Artist, Artist (Painter)
associate of
Sir David Alexander Cecil Low
1875
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
attributed
associate of
Theo Lucas
1875
Curator
associate of
John Mather
1875
Artist (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
teacher of
Miss Jessie Merritt
1875
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Jim Minogue
1875
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter)
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Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist
Periods active
  • c.1892 - c.1950
  • c.1892 - c.1940
Residences
  • 1875 - 1889 Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1889 - 1900 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1900 - 1901 Paris, France
  • 1901 - 1902 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • 1902 - 1911 France
  • 1928- United States of America (Six months )
  • 1926 - 1931 France
  • 1911 - 1926 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1931 - 1955 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1875 - 1889 Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1889 - 1900 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1900 - 1901 Paris, France
  • 1901 - 1902 Scotland
  • 1902 - 1911 France
  • 1928- United States of America (Six months )
  • 1926 - 1931 France
  • 1911 - 1926 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1931 - 1955 Melbourne, Vic.
Other occupations
  • Lecturer 1928 - 1931 United States of America
  • Art teacher 1915 - 1926 Melbourne, Vic.
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 81) 1937 - c.1950 Melbourne, Vic.
  • Lecturer
  • Art teacher
Tags
  • Tonalism
Alternative names
  • Duncan Max Meldrum
Arrivals
  • 1889
  • 1889
Related people
  • Nitsch, Charles (relative of)
  • Nitsch, Charles (associate of)
  • Nitsch, Jeanne (spouse of)
  • Velasquez, Diego (associate of)
  • Nitsch, Charles (relative of)
  • Nitsch, Charles (associate of)
  • Nitsch, Jeanne (spouse of)
  • Velasquez, Diego (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Meldrum School of Painting (associate of)
  • Meldrum School of Painting (associate of)
Related works
  • Ranunculi (None)
  • Shadows, landscape with trees (creator of)
  • Portrait of Fritz Hart (creator of)
  • The yellow screen (Family group) (creator of)
  • La Flume (creator of)
  • Four o'clock (creator of)
  • Ranunculi (None)
  • Shadows, landscape with trees (creator of)
  • Portrait of Fritz Hart (creator of)
  • The yellow screen (Family group) (creator of)
  • La Flume (creator of)
  • Four o'clock (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • National Gallery Travelling Scholarship (received)
  • National Gallery Travelling Scholarship (received)
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Place Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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