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Patrick Francis Moran

Biography

Patrick Francis Moran (1830-1911), orphaned at 11, was sent from his native Ireland to Rome, where a relative was rector of the Irish College.

2 portraits in the collection

Sir Leslie Ward

Biography

Sir Leslie Ward (1851-1922), signing his work 'Spy', was the most famous of the stable of caricaturists, including Sir Max Beerbohm and Carlo Pellegrini, who worked for the weekly English magazine Vanity Fair from 1869 to 1914.

31 portraits in the collection

Leslie Bowles

Biography

Leslie Bowles (1885-1954), sculptor, was born in Sydney and began his studies in modelling and woodcarving at the Brisbane Technical College.

1 portrait in the collection

Professor Leslie Wilkinson

Biography

Professor Leslie Wilkinson (1882-1973) was born in London and initially apprenticed to a stained-glass designer before studying architecture at the Royal Academy (1902-1906).

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Leslie Herron KBE CMG KStJ

Biography

Sir Leslie Herron CMG (1902-1973), Chief Justice of New South Wales, graduated in law from the University of Sydney in 1924.

1 portrait in the collection

Frederick Cato

Biography

Frederick Cato (1858-1935), grocer and philanthropist, was born in a tent at Pleasant Creek (Stawell), to the Scottish wife of an English gold miner.

1 portrait in the collection

Dora Byrne

Biography

Dora was the fourth child of Doretta and Stuart Alexander, her father the owner of a farming property near Albury, New South Wales.

1 portrait in the collection

Andrew Mezei

Biography

Andrew Mezei (b. 1963), artist, was born to Hungarian refugee parents in Melbourne and grew up in their leather-goods workshop, observing their adherence to a tradition of fine European craftsmanship.

1 portrait in the collection

Michael Peck

Biography

Michael Peck, artist and academic, was born in Melbourne in 1977; he was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Art (honours) (Painting) from Monash University and has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions since 1998.

1 portrait in the collection

William Walford

Biography

Francis William Barnard Walford (1821–1896), businessman and landowner, was born in Hobart, the son of Barnard Walford (1801–1846), a publican and victualler; and the grandson of Barnard Walford senior (c.

1 portrait in the collection

Gorgi Dimcevski

Biography

Gorgi Dimcevski was born in Skopje, Macedonia, where he studied architectural engineering and art history and archaeology.

1 portrait in the collection

Gabrielle Martin

Biography

Gabrielle Martin is a Melbourne artist. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Painting) in 1991 and a Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (Painting) in 1993.

4 portraits in the collection

Vincent Fantauzzo

Biography

Vincent Fantauzzo (b. 1977), award-winning portrait artist, was born in England and grew up in Melbourne's northern suburbs.

2 portraits in the collection

Hui Hai Xie

Biography

Hui Hai Xie began exhibiting in 1979 in his native Shanghai, where he studied at Jiaotong University, graduating in 1984 with a Master of Arts (Painting).

2 portraits in the collection

John Slaytor

Biography

John Slaytor (b. 1966) is a Sydney based commercial photographer and an accredited member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography.

1 portrait in the collection

Esme Bell

Biography

Esme Bell (1919-2018), daughter of inventor, animal fancier and philanthropist Sir Edward Hallstrom, wrote and illustrated a children’s book, The Rainbow Painter, which was published in 1939.

2 portraits in the collection

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