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May, Charles William
Adelaide-based colonial male photographer whose daguerreotypes of scenery were so good he won a guinea prize one year and got to judge the same competition ...
May, Philip William, b. 1864
Significant English cartoonist who worked in Sydney and Melbourne for three years in the late Colonial period: "a rival to Charles Keene as England's greatest ...
McCormick, Robert, b. 1800
McCormick is neither remembered for his excellence in the navy nor blessed with a magnificent portfolio that might redeem his deficiencies in this area. Although ...
McCrae, George Gordon, b. 1833
Primarily a poet, McCrae kept a diary and sketched; his work was influenced by the Indigenous population at Arthur's Seat on the Mornington Peninsula. His ...
McCrae, Georgiana Huntly, b. 1804
A prolific painter. McCrae produced a variety of work throughout her life. She received much acclaim for her miniatures and portraits.
McCubbin, Frederick, b. 1855
From the 1880s, when his first mature work was painted, until just before his death in 1917, Frederick McCubbin painted some of Australia's most loved ...
McDonald, Donald
McDonald exhibited his photographs in several exhibitions, including the London International Exhibition, and worked as a professional photographer in Melbourne. One of his stand-out pictures ...
McDonald, Isabel Agnes, b. 1871
It is believed Isabel McDonald studied under both Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts, powerhouses of Australian romanticism. Roberts was certainly known to her though, even ...
McDougall, W. H.
Colonial period Bulletin cartoonist. In 'Bulletin' dated 22 November 1884 made "Hints for Husbands' (6 pictures of ironic advice to drunk husbands coming home late).
McGill, Walter, b. 1826
Mid 19th century Port Fairy (VIC) and Sydney sculptor, monumental mason and phrenologist.
McGlinn, Elenora
McGlinn's only known oil painting is a view of Melbourne, probably done around 1880, four decades after its ostensible date of 1840. In the late ...
McIlwaine, Leila, b. 1840
Leila McIlwaine's skills were beyond that of the average amateur but it is not known whether she trained as an artist in England before coming ...
McMinn, William, b. 1844
Sketcher, architect and surveyor. In 1865 McMinn was involved in a disastrous expedition to northern Australia to map the Adelaide River. To return to civilisation ...
McMinn, A B, b. 1844
Medland, James, b. 1817
Painter and clergyman. Sent to Tasmania as a Church of England religious instructor.
Menpes, Mortimer, b. 1860
While living in Japan in the 1880s, Menpes outraged Whistler, who accused him of plagiarising his own Japanese methods in painting. Whether this was so ...
Merck, Charles
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Meredith, Louisa, b. 1812
Miniaturist, watercolourist, engraver, poet, writer and botanist. She resided in Tasmania for most of her life and exhibited in many Intercolonial Exhibitions.
Metcalfe, Daniel F., b.
professional photographer, owned photographic galleries in Sydney and Brisbane and travelled through regional NSW.
Meyers, Maximilian, b. 1827
Painter, illuminator, engrosser and art teacher, ran an evening schools for 'the art of drawing and watercolouring' in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne throughout the 1850s-1870s. ...