A Life Shaped by Light and Shadow Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Duncan Max Meldrum carried the scientific spirit of his parents into the realm of the canvas. His father worked as an analytical chemist, while his mother was a schoolteacher who embraced the wonders of progress with a fervor that bordered on the religious. This early exposure to the precision of science would later find its way into his approach to painting. In 1889, the family moved to Melbourne, Australia, and it was there, amidst the bustling growth of a young city, that the boy began to find his true calling. After a brief p…