Bertha Merfield
Bertha E. Merfield | |
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| Born | 1869 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 1921 (aged 51–52) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Painting |
Bertha Merfield (1869-1921) was an Australian painter and muralist. She was a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.[1]
Biography
Merfield was born in 1869 in Melbourne. She studied at the Slade School in London, England and the National Gallery of Victoria Art School.[2] In 1916[3] her mural for the Cafe Australia in Melbourne received public acclaim.[2] The building was demolished in 1938.[3]
She was a member of the London Society of Mural Decorators and Painters in Tempera.[4] Merfield was also a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.[1]
Merfield died on 20 September 1921 in Melbourne.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Members". Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Bertha E. Merfield b. c.1869". Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO). Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Balcony and mural in the main dining hall, Café Australia, Melbourne". Walter Burley Griffin Society Incorporated. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "An Australian Decorative Artist, Miss Bertha Merfield". The Lone Hand. 1920. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
External links
- Balcony and mural in the main dining hall, Café Australia, Melbourne
- Catalogue of an exhibition of decorative panels by Miss Bertha E. Merfield
- Resource list on Trove (National Library of Australia) for Merfield, Bertha E. (1869-1921)
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