# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-meldrum
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:30.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/max-meldrum"
name: "Max Meldrum"
slug: "max-meldrum"
description: "Duncan Max Meldrum was a Scottish-born Australian artist and art teacher, best known as the founder of Australian tonalism, a representational painting style that became popular in Melbourne during the interwar period. He also won fame for his portrait work, winning the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture in 1939 and 1940."
tagline: "Australian painter (1875-1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max_Meldrum_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1875-12-03"
deathDate: "1955-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.810764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "ماكس ميلدروم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Meldrum"
    title: "Max Meldrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Meldrum"
    title: "Max Meldrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Meldrum"
    title: "Max Meldrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D"
    title: "מקס מלדרום"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6795012"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump