Portrait of Norman Macgeorge with paintings at 'Fairyhills', Ivanhoe

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Accession[1975.0111] Papers of Norman MacgeorgeIdentifierUMA-ITE-1975011100078Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentFull length portrait of Norman Macgeorge at home at ‘Fairyhills’ in Ivanhoe. He stands in front of two framed and two unframed paintings, one a portrait of himself in a pose similar to his stance in the photograph. Norman was born in Adelaide on 8 July 1872, the son of a prosperous draper. He studied art at the Adelaide School of Design and the National Gallery School in Melbourne and then taught drawing at Wesley College, 1902-1906, the Melbourne Teachers’ College and Melbourne Church of England Grammar, 1902-32. He married May Ina Hepburn on 25 Jan 1911, the granddaughter of pioneering pastoralist, Capt. John Hepburn. In the same year, the Macgeorges engaged Harold Desbrowe-Annear to design them a house at the junction of the Yarra River and Darebin Creek, Ivanhoe, Melbourne, where they lived for the rest of their lives. Macgeorge painted lyrical landscapes but was also interested in the modern art movements of Europe. He was active in art education and gave regular lectures at the National Gallery and to university extension classes, wrote art reviews for the Melbourne Herald, exhibited his works and, in 1938, helped establish the Contemporary Art Society. He published two works, The Borovansky Ballet in Australia and New Zealand (1946) and The arts in Australia (1948). He died on 2 Sept 1952.
Inscription: "Norman Macgeorge" written in pencil on the back of the photograph.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnitBWP Album 0074Copyright StatusPublic domainConditions of Use and ReproductionThis item is out of copyright. Please acknowledge the University of Melbourne Archives as the source of this material.MenuBrowse digitised items | Available online | Items in the public domain

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CreatorUnknownRolePhotographer

Provenance

CreatorMacgeorge, NormanRoleProvenance

Dates

DateUndated

Dates

Date1900-1970Date ContextDate of accession

Description Control

Previous System ID1975.0111.00078Format NumberBWP/12086UMAIC IDUMA/I/3901

Characteristics

Genre/FormPhotographic printsDimensions10.5 x 8 cm