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Professor H. Rodney Withers, 2004
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
Walter Withers
Biography
Walter Withers (1854-1914), painter, interior designer and teacher, trained at the Royal Academy in London before coming to Australia at the end of 1882.
1 portrait in the collection
Googie Withers AO
Biography
Georgette Lizette (Googie) Withers AO (1917–2011), stage, film and television actor, was born in India and studied drama at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.
1 portrait in the collection
Googie Withers, 1962
Don Bachardy
Portrait, pen and ink, brush and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Rodney Hall OAM
Biography
Rodney Hall OAM (b. 1935), writer, came to Australia in 1947 and settled in Brisbane.
2 portraits in the collection
The Colonel (Portrait of Walter Withers), 1896
David Davies
Portrait, pastel on paper
Purchased 2009
Rodney Hall, 2005
David Warren
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Rodney Hall, 1960s
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Riverboat Rod & Ruby
James Bugg
Image
Michael Leunig, 2004
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
John no. 11, 2010
by Alex Cyreszko
Image
Percy Lindsay
Biography
Percy Lindsay (1870-1952), artist, was the eldest child of Robert and Jane Lindsay, born, as were his nine siblings, in Creswick, Victoria.
4 portraits in the collection
David Davies
Biography
David Davies began studying art at the School of Mines and Industries in his birthplace, Ballarat.
1 portrait in the collection
Andrew Sibley
Biography
Andrew Sibley (1933–2015), painter and teacher, is known for his figurative paintings, landscapes and abstract works.
20 portraits in the collection
Us Mob
Biography
Us Mob were an Aboriginal rock band active in the 1970s and 1980s. The band's members Rodney Ansell, Pedro Butler, Carroll Karpany and Wally McArthur formed the band at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music in Adelaide.
2 portraits in the collection
Jim Paterson
Biography
Jim Paterson, painter, printmaker and sculptor, was born in Melbourne and completed his diploma in Fine Arts at Prahran Technical College in 1969.
1 portrait in the collection