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Born in Melbourne in 1862, MacKennal studied with his father, J.S. MacKennal and at the National Gallery School, Melbourne.

He travelled to England in 1882 studying at the Royal Academy School, London and in Paris, spending five years in the latter city and coming under the influence of French Symbolism and Romanticism. He spent the rest of his working life in London, although he did return to Australia from 1889 to 1892, having won the competition for the decoration of Government House in Victoria.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1886. Prior to his return to Australia he had became head of the Art Department of Coalport Potteries in England.

He executed commissions for the relief carvings in the Victorian Houses of Parliament and for the design of coins. He was knighted in 1921 in recognition of his equestrian portrait of King Edward VII.

MacKennal spent much of more... his later life in England where he died in 1931. less...

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John Simpson Mackennal (1832-1901), Phaeton driving the chariot…
Phaeton driving the chariot of the sun

John Simpson Mackennal (1832-1901), Phaeton driving the chariot of the sun, 1860, plaster relief, signed in the plaster lower left, 27.56 in. x 40.94 in. Other Notes: the Scottish born John simpson Mackennal studied at the Collegiate Institution,…

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Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931) headless marble bust, signed to…
Headless Bust by Mackennal (1904)

Bertram Mackennal (1863-1931) headless marble bust, signed to base Mackennal London 1904.

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Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal, KCVO, RA (1863-1931), Vesta /…
Vesta by Mackennal: Bronze Sculpture, 1900

Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal, KCVO, RA (1863-1931), Vesta / signed Mackennel, conception circa 1900, bronze, marble 9.06 in. high (bronze). Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

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