Josephine Muntz Adams

[1] In the gold-rich area of central Victoria, Jane Jamieson married Thomas Bingham Muntz (a council engineer, farmer and dealer in real estate) in 1861.

[4] By 1911 she had purchased newly established real estate: lots 5 and 6 in Tollington Avenue in the inner city suburb of East Melbourne.

[6] Muntz Adams built a successful professional career, based on expert training to develop her talent.

In 1930 the Brisbane Courier summed up Muntz Adams' professional achievements as follows: Described by a critic as one of the most distinguished works in the collection, a self-portrait by Mrs. Muntz-Adams, is attracting much attention at the annual exhibition of the Victorian Artists' Society.

She wanted to paint the latter attired in his everyday clothes as he appeared on the bench, but Mr. Panton preferred to be depicted in evening dress, seated in a graceful attitude, smoking a cigarette.

[8] In 2019, the Australian gallery owner, DJ Angeloro, rated Muntz Adams' work as "tier one": Tier One: professionally trained artist who earned living from their art endeavours and achieved a high level of acclaim in their day from exhibiting and have been researched to a high degree; known to have created a body of impressionist artworks and exerted an influence on the development of Impressionism through teaching or art practice example; recognized for impressionism within permanent collections.