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Artists, Societies and Groups Melbourne Athenaeum Inc Artists, Societies and Groups Melbourne Athenaeum Inc. history website: http://www.mahistory.org.au Artists Individuals who exhibited at the Athenaeum Gallery between 1910 and 1971. Mrs Muntz Adams Mr Alfred Coleman Mr Alexander Aldridge Mr A D Colquhoun Mrs Anderson Mrs Amalie Colquhoun Mr Len Annois George Colville Miss Christine Asquith Baker Mr Chas L Copeland Miss A M E Bale C J Crozier Kathleen Barnes Miss Cumbrae Stewart Mr Rex E Batterbee Miss A Currie Miss Clarice Beckett Miss E Currie Mr Tom Bell Miss Cusack Mr G C Benson Mr G Dancey Mr T Benson Sir William A Dargie Mr Oscar Binder Mr Ray Dawes Mr Noel Blaubaum Miss Dorothy Dempsey Mr Thomas H Bone Miss Aileen Dent Mr John Borrack Mr Barry Dickens Mr Ian Bow Elizabeth Durack Mr Arthur M Boyd Mr Granville Dunstan Mr Merrick Boyd Mr W Dyson Mr Penleigh Boyd Mr John Eldershaw Mr Montague Brown Mr John W Elescher Mr Charles Bryant Mr Arthur Esam Mr Bertram J Bryning Mr Miles Evergood Mr Ernest Buckmaster Mr John Farmer Mr Rupert Bunny Mrs J Farmer Mr Camm Mr H L Fern Mr James Clarke Waite Miss Alma Figuerola Mr George Coates Mr E Finlay Mr Colin Colahan Leslie Fisher 1 Artists, Societies and Groups Melbourne Athenaeum Inc. history website: http://www.mahistory.org.au B S Fiven F Janeba Mrs Fleay J Jackson Mr James E Flett Miss James Mr Robert A Forbes Miss C L Jenkins Mr E P Fox Mrs R Jenkins Mr W Frater Mrs E R Jones Madge Freeman Vernon Jones Mr John A Gardner Mr J Jorgensen Grace Gardiner W D Knox Miss Annie Gates Mr Joseph Kovesy Mr Esmond George Mr Juergen Kuper Ina Gregory Miss Lahey Mr Ambrose Griffin Miss Vida Leahy Mr Murray Griffin Percy Leason Mr Harley C Griffiths E Latimer W J Gulliver Mr T Latimer Miss Nora Gurdon Adrian Lawlor Mr Bernard Hall Mr Leason Mrs C Hampbell H C Lloyd Mr C Hampel Sir John Longstaff Mr S Handasyde Mr T.C. Lothian Mr Harry B Harrison Mary Low Mr J Hennessy John S Loxton (or Mrs?) Mr Hans Heysen Jessie Mackintosh Mr John Hennessy Montague Marks Mr Harold Herbert Mr John Mather Mr Henri Hoile Helen Maudsley Mrs M Holgate Mr R G McCann Mr Arnold Holst Mr H McClelland E Hooton Mr A McClintock W Hunter Mr F McCubbin Miss Irvine Mr Louis McCubbin Mr Carlyle Jackson Mather McCubbin 2 Artists, Societies and Groups Melbourne Athenaeum Inc. history website: http://www.mahistory.org.au Cpl Wilfred McCulloch Mrs Patterson Mr Norman McGeorge Catharine Penn Violet McInnes Miss Perry Mr W B McInnes A M Phillips M J McNally Mrs E Phillips Fox Mrs C C McNamara Mr H Septimus Power Miss Dora Meeson Capt Press Mrs Dora Meeson Coates Jane R Price Max Meldrum Miss Pye Max Middleton Max Ragless Mr Miller F G Reynolds Mr. Paul Montford Mr H Reynolds P G Moore Elma Roach John Morrissey Mr Tom Roberts Mr Chris Murray Miss Rodway Albert Namatjira Mr John Rowell Mr A E Newbury Mr William Rowell Mr G Newbury Miss May Roxburgh Mrs Newell Mr Alexander St Paull Keith Nichol Miss Claire Scott Albert Nichols Mrs John Sefton Mrs Rix Nicholas Mr Sennett or A Sennitt Mr Eric Nilan Peggy Shaw Charles Nuttall Mrs Sheard Miss Oakley Mr Arnold Shore Mr M W O’Connell Mr John Shirlow Mr Edward C Officer J Sommers Annie Oliver Mr Stockfeld Mr Clifford J Orme Sir Arthur Streeton Edwin Pareroultja R W Sturgess Otto Pareroultja Mr N Suhr James Parker Miss Jo Sweatman Ambrose Patterson Miss Syme 3 Artists, Societies and Groups Melbourne Athenaeum Inc. history website: http://www.mahistory.org.au Miss Taylor Mr Percy Watson Laurie Taylor Mr Travis Webber Miss Violet Teague Mr Charles Wheeler Henri Tebbitt Miss Janie White Louise Thomas Dorothy Whitehead Mr Francis R Thompson Mr W M Whitney Rollo Thomson Leslie Wilkie Mr Graham Thorley Nora Wilkie Mrs S J Topp Miss J Wilkinson Whyte Miss Jessie Traill Miss Dora L Wilson Mr Gyles Turner Margery Withers Mrs Tweddle Meynell Withers Miss Vaile Mr Walter Withers Evelyn van Norman Mr Dudley Wood Mr John Vickery J Wolinski Mr Clarke Waite Marjorie Woolcock Ethel Wardle Mr Blamire Young 4 Artists, Societies and Groups Melbourne Athenaeum Inc. history website: http://www.mahistory.org.au Societies and Groups Organisations who exhibited at the Athenaeum Gallery between 1910 and 1971. “The Argus” Photographic Display Lone Pine Studio Supplies The Artists’ Advisory Panel The Melbourne Contemporary Artists The Artists’ Red Cross Exhibition The Melbourne Society of Women Painters Arunda Arts Council The Melbourne Technical College A.S.C.R.’s Exhibition of Russian Photographs Meldrum’s pupils The Australian Academy of Art Mt Evelyn Art Society The Australian Art Association National Savings Posters by technical school students Australian Artist’s Association The New Group The Australian Commercial and Industrial Artists Association New Melbourne Art Club Australian Geographical Society Paraclete Art Group’s exhibition of schoolchildren’s work Australian War Artists Pentagon Group Commercial Artist’s Association The Professional Photographers Competitive designs for the War Association Memorial Hall at Melbourne Grammar School Royal Art Society of New South Wales The Contemporary Art Group The Seven Water Colourists The Contemporary Art Society or The Sherbrooke Art Society Contemporary Artists Society Six Water Colourists Gallery 99 Twelve Melbourne Painters George Bell’s students Twenty Melbourne Painters Group 12 The Victorian Artists Society “The Herald” Australian competition The Victorian Salon of Photography The Independent Contemporary Artists The Women’s Art Club The Independent Group The Yarra Sculptor Latvian Arts Club 5 .
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