Maude Edith Victoria Fleay
Maude Edith Victoria Fleay, was one of Australia's first wildlife artists. She was known for her paintings of Australian marsupials.Biography
Fleay was born in 1869 in Sulky Gully, Australia. She studied drawing at the School of Mines, Ballarat, where she was taught by David Davies. She also studied under Frederick McCubbin at the National Gallery School in Melbourne.
She exhibited with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors and she was a member of the Victorian Artists Society.
In 1905 she married William Henry Fleay with whom she had three children, including the naturalist David Fleay
Fleay died 18 May 1965 in Colac.Legacy
To honor her contribution to Australia's natural history, the Maude Glover Fleay Award was established by the Victorian College of the Arts.
