Early Life and Education Born: August 8, 1869, in Emerald Hill (now South Melbourne, Victoria), Australia Parents: John Coates (artist-lithographer) and Elizabeth Irwin Education: St James Grammar School; apprenticed to Ferguson and Urie (glass-stainers); North Melbourne school of design; National Gallery of Victoria Art School (under Frederick McCubbin). Early struggles with affording art education due to his father's early death. Demonstrated artistic talent early, winning prizes for drawing and painting from the nude at the National Gallery. Artistic Development and European I…