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Magazine article by Gideon Haigh, 2009
Gideon Haigh discusses portraits of Australian cricketers from the early 20th century
The Haigh family, c. 1996
an unknown artist
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the Haigh family 2005
Gideon Obarzanek
Biography
Gideon Obarzanek (b. 1966), choreographer, director and curator, spent his early life in Israel, attended school in Melbourne and won a place at the Australian Ballet School, choreographing his first piece there in 1987.
1 portrait in the collection
Gideon Obarzanek, 2012
Dave Tacon
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2012
Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing
Gregory Lorenzutti
Image
Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing
Gregory Lorenzutti
Image
For a pittance, 2011
by Mine Konakci
Image
Jane Kennerley (née Rouse), c. 1850
an unknown artist
Portrait, hand coloured photograph
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
Mary Hassall (née Rouse), c. 1850
an unknown artist
Portrait, pencil, pastel and watercolour on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
Elizabeth Rouse (copy of drawing by William Griffith), c. 1847
an unknown artist after William Griffith
Portrait, pencil and watercolour on paper laid on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2012
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
Dancer
Touring exhibition, 2024
From letting loose in the lounge room to enthralling audiences on stage, this exhibition captures the experience of lives lived through dance.
Mary Hassall (née Rouse), c. 1850
an unknown artist
Portrait, hand coloured photograph
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
Eleanor Wingate (née Rouse), c. 1850
an unknown artist
Portrait, hand coloured photograph
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
Elizabeth Henrietta Fitzgerald (née Rouse), c. 1850
an unknown artist
Portrait, hand coloured photograph
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
Richard Rouse (copy of drawing by William Griffith), c. 1847
an unknown artist after William Griffin
Portrait, pencil, ink and watercolour on paper
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
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