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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
Lady Florence Packer
Biography
Lady Florence Packer (1915-2012) was born in Paris to Edmond Porges, a major in the British Army, and his Russian wife Marie-Mathilde Brodsky.
1 portrait in the collection
Tamara Tchinarova
Biography
Tamara Tchinarova (1919–2017), dancer, was one of the original 'baby ballerinas' of the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo.
2 portraits in the collection
Irina Baronova
Biography
Irina Baronova (1919–2008) was one of the three legendary 'baby ballerinas' of the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, who created an international dance sensation in the 1930s and 1940s.
1 portrait in the collection
Helmut Newton
Biography
Helmut Newton was born and grew up in Berlin, which he fled in 1938 to escape persecution as a Jew.
1 portrait in the collection
Arnold Haskell
Biography
Arnold Haskell (1903-1981) was an English ballet critic who became a passionate advocate for Australia.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Kenneth Gillespie
Biography
Sir Kenneth Gillespie (1929–2010), dancer, teacher and founder of the Tasmanian Ballet, left his native Launceston at age sixteen to join the Borovansky Ballet in Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Marjorie Lawrence
Biography
Marjorie Lawrence CBE (1907-1979), dramatic soprano, studied singing from 1925 in Melbourne, moving to study with Cécile Gilly in Paris in 1928 after winning the Geelong Sun Aria competition.
2 portraits in the collection
Hélène Kirsova
Biography
Hélène Kirsova (1910–1962), dancer and founder of Kirsova Ballet, the first professional ballet company in Australia.
4 portraits in the collection
Franco Belgiorno-Nettis AC CBE
Biography
Franco Belgiorno-Nettis AC CBE (1915-2006), industrialist, engineer and patron of the arts, attended the Turin Military Academy and served in the Italian army in North Africa during World War II.
1 portrait in the collection