Miles Evergood
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Miles Evergood (1871 - 1939) was an Australia artist.
Evergood was born in Melbourne in 1871 and studied for a short period at the national gallery school under Bernard Hall between 1893 and 1895. He exhibited at the Victorian Artists Society, and the Royal Art Society, Sydney, before leaving for the United States in 1898. He worked principally in New York, with frequent visits to Europe, for about 30 years, and established a good reputation as a painter.
He returned to Australia about the end of 1931 and worked for a year in Queensland. He then went to Sydney and Melbourne holding exhibitions of his work, and died suddenly at Melbourne on 3 January 1939. Evergood was a capable artist, painting mostly landscapes in oil with affinities to the post impressionists. His name was originally Blashki but he changed his name while in the United States. He left a widow and one son, Philip Evergood, who himself became a world renowned artist living in America, substantially eclipsing the renown of his father Miles.
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- Serle, Percival. (1949). "Evergood, Miles". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
