Algernon Mayow Talmage (23 February 1871 – 14 September 1939) RA ROI was a British Impressionist painter.

During his time in Cornwall Talmage founded an artists' club which was greatly influenced by the Cornish coastline.

[5] His criticism was a significant early influence on her work, encouraging her earliest forays into the forest paintings that would eventually become her trademark.

Throughout his career as an artist, Talmage worked with the mediums of landscape, portrait and animal painting, printing and etching.

[4] Talmage is also well known for creating the painting 'The Founding of Australia', which was commissioned by the founder of the Australasian Pioneers Club to celebrate the sesquicentennial of 1938.