Background
Frederick McCubbin was born on February 25, 1855 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was the son of Alexander McCubbin and Anne McCubbin.
Frederick McCubbin was born on February 25, 1855 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was the son of Alexander McCubbin and Anne McCubbin.
Frederick studied at William Willmett's West Melbourne Common School and St. Paul's School. He also attended National Gallery of Victoria Art School and Victorian Academy of the Arts.
By the mid-1880s, Frederick concentrated on painting the Australian bush, the works for which he became notable.
In 1886 McCubbin was appointed drawing master at the National Gallery School.
Some time later, in 1900, the artist moved to Mount Macedon, a subject which would feature in many of his later works.
McCubbin held several solo exhibitions in Melbourne from 1904 to 1907, before travelling to France and England.
The artist continued to paint through the first two decades of the 20th century, though by the beginning of World War I his health began to fail.
Frederick married Annie Moriarty in March 1889. The couple gave birth to seven children. Their son, Louis McCubbin, was an artist and director of the Art Gallery of South Australia during the period from 1936 to 1950.