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Bernard O'Dowd
Biography
Bernard Patrick O'Dowd (1866-1953) began his working life as a teacher in Ballarat.
1 portrait in the collection
Bernard Smith
Biography
Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was one of Australia's most important twentieth-century art historians and an influential cultural commentator.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Bernard Katz
Biography
Bernard Katz (1911-2003), winner of the 1970 Nobel prize for medicine with Ulf von Euler and Julius Axelrod, was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 1941.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Bernard Heinze AC KT
Biography
Sir Bernard Heinze AC KT (1894-1982) was a conductor who brought classical music to the general public and promoted the works of Australian composers.
1 portrait in the collection
Bernard Fanning
Biography
Bernard Fanning (b. 1969) is the frontman of Queensland band Powderfinger.
1 portrait in the collection
Bernard King
Biography
Bernard King (1934–2002), chef and television personality, grew up on a farm at Maleny in Queensland and appeared in his first talent quest at the age of eight.
1 portrait in the collection
Compte de Lacepede
Biography
Bernard-Germain-Etienne de la Ville sur Illon, comte de Lacépède (1756-1825), French naturalist, held the chair of the study of reptiles and fishes in the Jardin des Plantes, formerly the Jardin du Roi.
1 portrait in the collection
Ernest Buckmaster
Biography
Ernest Buckmaster grew up in country Victoria, where his facility for art was recognised early on.
1 portrait in the collection
Paul Haefliger
Biography
Paul Haefliger (1914-1982) trained in Sydney and then in London with Bernard Meninsky and Mark Gertler.
1 portrait in the collection
Midget Farrelly
Biography
Bernard 'Midget' Farrelly AM (1944–2016), surfer and boardmaker, grew up in Sydney and first surfed at North Bondi in the early 1950s.
1 portrait in the collection
Amy Kingston
Biography
Painter, theatrical designer and art teacher, Amy (Amie) Kingston (1912-1996) was born in Hobart, Tasmania.
1 portrait in the collection
Ambrose Patterson
Biography
Ambrose Patterson (1877-1967) was a printmaker, painter and teacher. Like Ramsay, Patterson studied under Bernard Hall at the National Gallery School.
1 portrait in the collection
George Coates
Biography
George Coates, Melbourne-born artist, started his art career in a stained glass workshop, attending classes with Frederick McCubbin at the National Gallery school at night.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Shepeard
Biography
Jean Shepeard was an actress and artist who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
1 portrait in the collection
Bess Norriss Tait
Biography
Bess Norriss Tait (1879-1939), artist, was born in Melbourne and studied under Frederick McCubbin and Bernard Hall at the National Gallery School between 1897 and 1901.
1 portrait in the collection
Willow Legge
Biography
Willow Legge (b. 1934) is a British artist who studied sculpture at Chelsea School of Art from 1951 to 1956 under Willi Soukop and Bernard Meadows.
1 portrait in the collection