George Pitt Morison (31 August 1861 – 4 September 1946) was an Australian painter and engraver. He is noted in particular for his painting '' The Foundation of Perth 1829'' which was commissioned as part of

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's centenary celebrations, and presented to the

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in February 1929. In 1890 Morison travelled to Europe to study at the Académie Julian in

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and in the early 1930s worked as curator of art at the

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Art Gallery. Morison was born on 31 August 1861 in

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and died on 4 September 1946 in

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. His daughter

Margaret Pitt Morison Margaret Lillian Pitt Morison (3 December 1900 – 12 December 1985) was an Australian architect active in the 20th century. She was the first female architect member in Western Australia. As a practitioner, educator and historian, she mad ...

was the first female architect member in Western Australia.

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