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Lot Essay
Related work: Professor Marshall-Hall, 1892, oil on canvas, 76 x 51 cm, Collection of National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
"George William Louis Marshall-Hall, born in London in 1862, arrived in Melbourne in January 1891 to take up the appointment as first Ormond Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne.
Late in 1891 he joined Streeton at Curlew Camp, sleeping in the tent and picnicking in the warmth of Athol Beach with his lover Mrs Eccles, the wife of a Melbourne Doctor. Marshall-Hall lived with Streeton in Melbourne in 1892 when this portrait was painted.
Trained in Berlin, Marshall-Hall founded the Melbourne Conservatorium and conducted orchestral concerts which received acclaim. His outspoken views on many subjects, which were widely published, outraged sections of the Melbourne community and conservative elements within the University. The publication in 1898 of his volume of verse Hymns Ancient and Modern, described by his detractors as lascivious and anti-clerical, created a controversy which resulted in his dismissal from the Ormond Chair. He continued to contribute to the Melbourne music scene through his own Albert Street Conservatorium and the Marshall-Hall Orchestra, and was ultimately re-appointed Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne in January 1915, six months before his death.
Marshall-Hall enjoyed the friendship of many members of Melbourne's artistic community, including E. Phillips Fox, Lionel and Norman (1879-1969) Lindsay, and Carl Pinschof, the Austro-Hungarian Consul, and his wife Elsie Weidermann, a celebrated German singer. Marshall-Hall was also painted by Roberts." (G Smith, Arthur Streeton 1867 - 1943, Melbourne, 1995, p. 86)
"George William Louis Marshall-Hall, born in London in 1862, arrived in Melbourne in January 1891 to take up the appointment as first Ormond Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne.
Late in 1891 he joined Streeton at Curlew Camp, sleeping in the tent and picnicking in the warmth of Athol Beach with his lover Mrs Eccles, the wife of a Melbourne Doctor. Marshall-Hall lived with Streeton in Melbourne in 1892 when this portrait was painted.
Trained in Berlin, Marshall-Hall founded the Melbourne Conservatorium and conducted orchestral concerts which received acclaim. His outspoken views on many subjects, which were widely published, outraged sections of the Melbourne community and conservative elements within the University. The publication in 1898 of his volume of verse Hymns Ancient and Modern, described by his detractors as lascivious and anti-clerical, created a controversy which resulted in his dismissal from the Ormond Chair. He continued to contribute to the Melbourne music scene through his own Albert Street Conservatorium and the Marshall-Hall Orchestra, and was ultimately re-appointed Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne in January 1915, six months before his death.
Marshall-Hall enjoyed the friendship of many members of Melbourne's artistic community, including E. Phillips Fox, Lionel and Norman (1879-1969) Lindsay, and Carl Pinschof, the Austro-Hungarian Consul, and his wife Elsie Weidermann, a celebrated German singer. Marshall-Hall was also painted by Roberts." (G Smith, Arthur Streeton 1867 - 1943, Melbourne, 1995, p. 86)