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“The home of traditional realist, tonal and impressionist painting”.
L-R. Back row: Jen Fyfe, Nic Chen, Lee Machelak. Middle row: Paul McDonald Smith, David Taylor, Greg Allen, Fiona Bilbrough, Clive Sinclair. Front row: Amanda Hyatt, Bill Caldwell, Peter Smales, Ray Hewitt, John Orlando Birt, Barbara McCallum, Max Wilks. Absent: Herman Pekel, Joseph Zbukvic, Ross Paterson
Who we are.
The Twenty Melbourne Painters Society (TMPS) is one of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious arts organisations reaching its centenary in 2018. It occupies a unique position in Australian art in that membership is restricted to 20 and is upon invitation only. Many distinguished artists have been members of the group and contributed to its colourful history (refer to “past members” and “founding members” and their paintings (foundation members and deceased members paintings).
The Society maintains and perpetuates the artistic values of its founding members. These values were described by Clarice Beckett (1924) in her ‘My Objective in Art’ ….. “To give a sincere and truthful representation of a portion of the beauty of Nature, and to show the charm of light and shade, which I try to set forth in correct tones so as to give as nearly as possible an exact illusion of reality”. Members of the TMPS continue this tradition to the current day.
Image: “Evening, St Kilda Road”. 1930. Clarice Beckett.
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