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Portrait of Marjorie Cotton, 1969
Jean Isherwood OAM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Marjorie Cotton Isherwood 2002
Jean Isherwood OAM
Biography
Jean Isherwood OAM (1911–2006), artist, was born in Marrickville and won a scholarship to the National Art School at East Sydney Technical College at the age of fourteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Isherwood
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1972
Marjorie Cotton Isherwood
Biography
Marjorie Cotton Isherwood (1913–2003) was the first professionally qualified children's librarian in New South Wales and many of her initiatives continue today.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Goldberg
Biography
Jean Nethercote (now Goldberg) first met Ola Cohn when she took a life class in Cohn's studio in the mid-50s.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Bellette
Biography
Jean Bellette (1908-1991), painter, studied in her native Hobart before moving to Sydney to train with Julian Ashton.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Shepeard
Biography
Jean Shepeard was an actress and artist who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Appleton
Biography
Jean Appleton (1911–2003), painter and art teacher, studied at the East Sydney Technical College, completing a diploma in drawing and illustration in 1932.
5 portraits in the collection
Jean Bellette
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1976
Jean Appleton
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1962
Study for self portrait, c. 1965
Jean Appleton
Portrait, oil on cardboard
Gift of Elisabeth Green 2023
Study for self portrait, c. 1965
Jean Appleton
Portrait, oil on cardboard
Gift of Elisabeth Green 2023
Study for self portrait, c. 1965
Jean Appleton
Portrait, oil on cardboard
Gift of Elisabeth Green 2023
Self portrait, 1965
Jean Appleton
Portrait, oil on masonite
Gift of the Estate of Nicolaas van der Waarden 2013
Study for self portrait, c. 1965
Jean Appleton
Portrait, oil on masonite
Gift of Laurie Curley OAM and Mrs Robyn Curley 2012
Jean Baptiste Guth
Biography
French artist Jean Baptiste Guth was a regular contributor of portraits to Vanity Fair during the late 1880s and throughout the 1890s.
1 portrait in the collection