In 1918 Max Meldrum, incensed at not being re-elected as President of the Victorian Artists Society, resigned and took with him nineteen like-minded artists to form their own exhibiting group, the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society. Membership is exclusive and retained at twenty. New members are invited upon natural attrition or resignation of existing members, keeping the group prestigious and unique in the artworld of Tonal Realism. This is their 104th annual exhibition, featuring 150 works across a range of subjects within the framework of representational tonal painting.
Amanda Hyatt, Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, watercolour, 95 × 80cm. Courtesy the artist and Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
11 to 28 August 2022
Melbourne
