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Thea Proctor
Biography
Thea Proctor (1879–1966), artist and stylesetter, trained at the Julian Ashton School before leaving Australia for London in 1903.
3 portraits in the collection
Thea Astley
Biography
Thea Astley (1925-2004), novelist, was born in Brisbane and studied arts at the University of Queensland before becoming a teacher.
1 portrait in the collection
Thea Anamara Perkins
Biography
Thea Anamara Perkins (b. 1992) is an Arrernte/Kalkadoon artist whose practice incorporates portraiture and landscape to depict authentic representations of First Nations peoples and Country.
1 portrait in the collection
Hera Roberts
Biography
Hera Roberts (1892-1969) was a painter, illustrator, designer, commercial artist and milliner.
1 portrait in the collection
Margaret Preston
Biography
Margaret Preston (1875-1963) trained at the NGV School and the Adelaide School of Design before leasing a studio and beginning to teach in Adelaide.
1 portrait in the collection
Roy de Maistre CBE
Biography
Roy de Maistre (Roi (Leroy) de Mestre) CBE (1894-1968), painter, studied music at the Sydney Conservatorium, but was also a student at the RAS School with Dattilo Rubbo and later the Sydney Art School with Julian Ashton.
1 portrait in the collection
George Lambert
Biography
George Lambert (1873–1930), artist, was born in St Petersburg and lived in Germany and England before coming to Australia with his family at the age of fourteen.
7 portraits in the collection
Barbara Blackman AO
Biography
Barbara Blackman AO (b. 1928), writer, poet and arts patron, was only fifteen when the ABC Weekly published one of her poems.
5 portraits in the collection
Julian Ashton CBE
Biography
Julian Rossi Ashton CBE (1851-1942), art teacher, artist and critic, trained in art in London and at the Académie Julian in Paris before coming to Australia to work on the Illustrated Australian News in 1878.
4 portraits in the collection
Annie May Moore
Biography
Annie May Moore (1881-1931) was born in New Zealand and studied at the Elam School of Art and Design in Auckland.
5 portraits in the collection
Jean Appleton
Biography
Jean Appleton (1911–2003), painter and art teacher, studied at the East Sydney Technical College, completing a diploma in drawing and illustration in 1932.
5 portraits in the collection
Grace Cossington Smith OBE
Biography
Grace Cossington Smith OBE (1892–1984) was a pioneer of modernist art in Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Dr Sarah Engledow
Biography
Dr Sarah Engledow was appointed Historian at the National Portrait Gallery in 1999.
Andrew Sayers AM
Biography
Andrew Sayers AM (1957–2015) was inaugural Director of the National Portrait Gallery.
1 portrait in the collection
Alison Rehfisch
Biography
Alison Baily Rehfisch (1900–1975) was born Alison Green in Woollahra, New South Wales, to parents who 'were very interested in painting – in all the arts: music, literature, everything'.
2 portraits in the collection