Bertha Elizabeth Merfield Australia, 1869-1921
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About Bertha Merfield
A Melbourne artist, Bertha Merfield was born in Melbourne in 1869. She studied under E. Phillips Fox and Tudor St George Tucker at the National Gallery School from 1897-98 and in London c1910-1912. She was a pioneer of mural painting in Melbourne and was a member of Society of Mural Decorators and Painters in Tempera, based in London. Bertha Merfield was a Foundation Member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters and showed craftwork with the Victorian Artists Society. She was also a member of Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors and exhibited with the Society from 1905 to 1910.
The earliest auction listing we have for Bertha Merfield is in 1971 and in total 33 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 29 (88%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,436 for Beach Scene sold by Leonard Joel in September 2023. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Bertha Merfield are held by the Ian Potter Museum of Art.
Bertha Merfield is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 678
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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