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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
Portrait of Ambrose Patterson, 1901-1902
Hugh Ramsay
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003
Ambrose Hallen
Biography
Ambrose Hallen (1886-1943) was an Australian modernist artist whose work went largely unrecognised in this country.
2 portraits in the collection
Ambrose Hallen, 1941
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003
Ambrose Hallen, 1937
Lina Bryans
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sir James and Lady Cruthers 2001
Ambrose Campbell
Carol Jerrems
Image
Sir Les Patterson, 1999
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
Velasquez Touch
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2004
Former NPG Director, Andrew Sayers, explores the creative collaborations between four Australian artists living in Paris during the first years of the twentieth century.
The Victor
Other styles
The style adopted by an American Civil War general, Ambrose Burnside, from whose name the term ‘sideburn’ originated.
Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel), 1901-1902
Hugh Ramsay
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003
Saltwater Cowboys, 2013
by Tamara Voninski
Image
Self portrait
Carol Jerrems
Image
Wunderkind lost
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2021
Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.
James Scobie
Biography
James Scobie (1860-1940), horse trainer, was born at Ararat, Victoria, and at age 20 he rode his first metropolitan jumping winner at Ballarat.
1 portrait in the collection
Rarely Everage
The Lives of Barry Humphries
Previous exhibition, 2002
The exhibition begins with Barry's childhood in Camberwell, Melbourne and chronicles his days as a struggling actor in Australia and England, his creation of characters including Barry McKenzie, Dame Edna Everage, Sandy Stone and Sir Les Patterson
Polly Borland
Australians
Previous exhibition, 2001
Polly Borland: Australians, is an exhibition of 54 new portraits of significant Australians who have made a contribution to British life and who have largely made their home or based their professional life in the UK