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Matthew James MacNally (painter, critic and art teacher), was a well known watercolourist during the first half of the twentieth century. The only child born to Irish migrants, James MacNally was born in the north east Victorian town of Benalla on 5 July His parents were shopkeepers and they educated their son at Benalla College, and subsequently at St. Patrick&#;s College in Melbourne. As a youth MacNally wanted to be an architect, but due to failed family speculations he was forced into an insurance career in Melbourne. Several years later, in the mid s, he moved to Sydney and became captivated in the world of art while continuing to work as a clerk. In Sydney he took drawing lessons with artists Hal Waugh and Hal Thorpe , and through them became friendly with several other painters, including Tom Roberts , who became an intermittent but lifelong friend. MacNally returned to Melbourne in and enrolled in the National Gallery of Victoria&#;s School of Design. He worked under

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