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Macgeorge, Norman

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Agent TypePersonIdentifierUMA-AG-000000073Activities & OccupationsArtistsHistoryNorman Macgeorge 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, 1902-06, the Melbourne Teachers' College and Melbourne Church of England Grammar, 1902-32. He married May Ina Hepburn in 1911, the grand-daughter 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. They lived there for the rest of their lives and the location provided the scenery for many of Norman's paintings. He painted lyrical landscapes but was also interested in the modern art move- ments 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. May Macgeorge died in 1970.Search records of this agent

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May Macgeorge and Elaine Hepburn at 'Fairyhills' ('Ballangeich'), 25 Riverside Road, Ivanhoe, Victoria

Norman and May Macgeorge at 'Fairyhills' ('Ballangeich'), 25 Riverside Road, Ivanhoe, Victoria

Lucerne Farm and the flooded Darebin Creek at Alphington, Victoria

Norman Macgeorge and May Macgeorge at 'Fairyhills' ('Ballangeich'), 25 Riverside Road, Ivanhoe, Victoria

May Hepburn and other women in a car at Deniliquin, NSW

'Fairyhills' ('Ballangeich'), 25 Riverside Road, Ivanhoe, Victoria, the home of Norman and May Macgeorge

May Ina Hepburn in "Queen of Sheba" costume

May Ina Hepburn

May Ina Hepburn and George Stanley Hepburn

Wedding party at the marriage of Alice Hepburn to Herbert Purey-Cust

May Ina Hepburn (nee Macgeorge) and George Stanley Hepburn

Norman Macgeorge as a child

Norman Macgeorge as a child with his parents and brothers

Studio portrait of Norman Macgeorge

Portrait of Norman Macgeorge when President of the Australian Art Association

'Fairyhills' ('Ballangeich'), 25 Riverside Road, Ivanhoe, Victoria, the home of Norman and May Macgeorge

Smeaton House, Smeaton, Victoria

Fireplace at 'Fairyhills' ('Ballangeich'), 25 Riverside Road, Ivanhoe, Victoria, the home of Norman and May Macgeorge

Harriet Hepburn ( nee Wheatley), mother of May Macgeorge

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Proposed additions at Darebin

'Fairy Hills' Garden Plan

Fairy Hills Architectural Drawing

McGeorge Estate Remedial Works to Grounds

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[UMA-SR-000002668] Plans of Fairy Hills

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[1975.0111] Papers of Norman Macgeorge

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Date8 July 1872 - 2 September1952

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Macgeorge, Norman