Gother Victor Fyers Mann (1863– 1948), also known as G. V. F. Mann, was an Australian architect, painter and Gallery Director.
Overview
Gother Victor Fyers Mann (1863– 1948), also known as G. V. F. Mann, was an Australian architect, painter and Gallery Director.
Life
Mann was born in Sydney on 8 October 1863. He was the fourth child of the Surveyor John Frederick Mann and Camilla Victoria, daughter of Sir Thomas Mitchell. He was apprenticed to the architect Thomas Rowe and elected an associate of the Institute of Architects of New South Wales in 1886. From 1888–1891 he practised in Brisbane in partnership with E. J. F. Crawford.
Mann was a keen painter and around 1885 attended classes under Julian Ashton. He continued to follow his architectural career when he returned to Sydney, setting up his practise in Bridge Street, but he continued to study art under Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton. By the mid-1890s he was secretary of the Art Society of New South Wales and on 3 April 1902 he married Mabel Beatrice, daughter of photographer JH Newman. They lived at Neutral Bay.
