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 105th annual exhibition, featuring over 150 works across a range of subjects within the framework of representational tonal painting.
Barbara McCallum, Still Life with Apples, oil painting. Courtesy the artist and Twenty Melbourne Painters Society, Victoria
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
17 August to 3 September 2023
Melbourne
