Australian Art Association
Encyclopedia
The Australian Art Association was founded in 1912 by John Mather
, Frederick McCubbin
, Max Meldrum
and Walter Withers
.
Members included Rupert Bunny
, William Dunn Knox
and Leslie Wilkie
.
William Dunn Knox's first exhibition was in 1918 at the Australian Art Association, Melbourne. He was elected to the Australian Art Association in 1919 and later on the council.
John Mather (artist)
John Mather was a Scottish-born, Australian plein-air painter and etcher.Mather was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, son of John Mather, a surveyor, and his wife Margaret, née Allan. Mather worked as a house decorator.Mather studied art at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts...
, Frederick McCubbin
Frederick McCubbin
Frederick McCubbin was an Australian painter who was prominent in the Heidelberg School, one of the more important periods in Australia's visual arts history....
, Max Meldrum
Max Meldrum
Duncan Max Meldrum was a Scottish born Australian painter. He is 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.-Early Life and Training:Meldrum was born in Edinburgh, Scotland,...
and Walter Withers
Walter Withers
Walter Herbert Withers was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists.- Biography :...
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Members included Rupert Bunny
Rupert Bunny
Rupert Charles Wulsten Bunny was an Australian painter, born in St Kilda, Victoria. He achieved success and critical acclaim as an expatriate in fin-de-siècle Paris....
, William Dunn Knox
William Dunn Knox
William Dunn Knox was an Australian artist.Knox was born in Adelaide and trained at the National Gallery of Victoria school, Melbourne, under Lindsay Bernard Hall 1917-21...
and Leslie Wilkie
Leslie Wilkie
Leslie Andrew Alexander Wilkie was an Australian artist, president of the Royal South Australian Society of Artists in 1932.-Early life:...
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William Dunn Knox's first exhibition was in 1918 at the Australian Art Association, Melbourne. He was elected to the Australian Art Association in 1919 and later on the council.