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Daddy Cool, Melbourne, 1974
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Purchased 2005
Joshua Ross
Biography
Joshua Ross (b. 1981) excelled at athletics as a child, but didn't take up sprinting in earnest until 2000, inspired by watching the Sydney Olympics on television.
1 portrait in the collection
Ross Watson
Biography
Ross Watson specialises in interpolating representations of lithe semi-naked men into copies of paintings by masters such as Vermeer, Ter Borsch, David and Bronzino.
2 portraits in the collection
Ross Wilson
Biography
Ross Wilson (b. 1947), musician and producer, started playing in bands as a schoolboy, fronting the Pink Finks and the Party Machine in the late 1960s.
3 portraits in the collection
Ross Honeysett
Biography
Ross Honeysett (b. 1953) is a professional photographer who began his career in London and Paris, shooting for fashion magazines Vogue, Tatler, Glamour and Elle.
2 portraits in the collection
Robert Ross
Biography
Robert Ross (1792–1862), clergyman, studied medicine in his native Edinburgh before being ordained into the Church of Scotland in 1818.
1 portrait in the collection
Ross Edwards
Biography
Ross Edwards (b. 1943), composer, became determined upon a life of composition as a child.
1 portrait in the collection
M'lady Ikebana
Joan Ross
Image
Those trees came back to me in my dreams
Joan Ross
Image
M'lady Ikebana
Joan Ross
Image
Ian Roberts (after Coypel 1709), 2003
Ross Watson
Portrait, oil on composition board
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Eagle Ross (Ross Wilson), 2005
Tessa Jones
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Ross Edwards, 2013
Bridget Elliot
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2013, to mark the 70th birthday of composer Ross Edwards (23 December 2013)
The Boss, Ross Wilson, 2009
Chris Budgeon
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portriat Gallery
Gift of the artist 2011
Joshua Ross, 2006
Sahlan Hayes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on resin-coated paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Now Listen...
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2005
Artist Tessa Jones recalls creating her portrait of Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock singer and music producer, Ross Wilson.