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 The following information was submitted in October of 2006 by Max Leason: Born in Scotland in 1875, Australian artist Max Meldrum became a major influence in Australian art. A tonalist, he painted in a realist style, portraits, landscapes, and still-lives. Meldrum was educated at the Melbourne National Gallery School, receiving the National Gallery Scholarship prize in 1899. He also studied in France from 1900-1905, at the Academies Julian and Colarossi. Bibliography:
Max Meldrum and Associates, Peter and John Perry, Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, 1996.
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