Owen Heathcote Grierson Merton was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1887, a member of a family active in the Anglican church, in education and in the musical life of the community. He was... Read full biography
Owen Heathcote Grierson Merton was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1887, a member of a family active in the Anglican church, in education and in the musical life of the community. He was educated at Christ's College, where he had his first formal art lessons, and continued those studies at... Read full biography
Owen Heathcote Grierson Merton was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1887, a member of a family active in the Anglican church, in education and in the musical life of the community. He was educated at Christ's College, where he had his first formal art lessons, and continued those studies at the Canterbury College School of Art (1903) and in London (1905-6). During a return visit to New Zealand in 1907-9, he held solo exhibitions in Wellington and Christchurch, and participated in art... Read full biography
Owen Heathcote Grierson Merton was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1887, a member of a family active in the Anglican church, in education and in the musical life of the community. He was educated at Christ's College, where he had his first formal art lessons, and continued those studies at the Canterbury College School of Art (1903) and in London (1905-6). During a return visit to New Zealand in 1907-9, he held solo exhibitions in Wellington and Christchurch, and participated in art society shows. He met Dorothy Kate Richmond, the doyenne of the Wellington art scene, and her nephew Esmond Atkinson, who was also a painter. Merton re-enrolled briefly at the Canterbury College School of Art in 1908. In 1909 he returned to London, where... Read full biography
Owen Heathcote Grierson Merton was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1887, a member of a family active in the Anglican church, in education and in the musical life of the community. He was educated at Christ's College, where he had his first formal art lessons, and continued those studies at the Canterbury College School of Art (1903) and in London (1905-6). During a return visit to New Zealand in 1907-9, he held solo exhibitions in Wellington and Christchurch, and participated in art society shows. He met Dorothy Kate Richmond, the doyenne of the Wellington art scene, and her nephew Esmond Atkinson, who was also a painter. Merton re-enrolled briefly at the Canterbury College School of Art in 1908. In 1909 he returned to London, where he studied with the Flemish-born painter Charles van Havermaet in 1909-10, and made extended working visits to the www.childsgallery.com/artist.php... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (8)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum
1984
Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators)
88 pages (color)
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index