Ambrose McCarthy Patterson

Ambrose McCarthy Patterson was a painter and printmaker.

Patterson was born in Daylesford, Victoria. He studied at the Melbourne Art School under E. Phillips Fox and Tudor St George Tucker, at the National Gallery Art School in Melbourne and continued his studies in Paris at the Acadmie Colarossi and the Acadmie Julian under Lucien Simon, Andr Lhote and Maxime Maufra. In Paris he became a friend of compatriot Nellie Melba, the famous soprano Pattersons brother, Tom, was married to Melbas sister, Belle. Through Melbas influence, he was able to continue his studies with John Singer Sargent. He became part of the Paris arts scene and exhibited at the first Salon dAutomne exhibitions. He had five paintings at the 1905 Paris Salon at which Henri Matisse and the fauves stunned the art world.

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