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Marilyn Rowe AM OBE
Biography
Marilyn Rowe AM OBE (b. 1946), former prima ballerina, was the first graduate of The Australian Ballet School to become its director.
2 portraits in the collection
Marilyn Rowe, 1981
Graham Thorley
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the family of Graham Thorley in his memory and in tribute to Marilyn Rowe 2010
Marilyn Rowe, c. 1975 (printed 2017)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Tresco Rowe, 1965
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Virginia Howard 2016
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Ella B Rowe (right view)
Shea Kirk
Image
Louise Jane Jopling (née Goode, later Rowe)
Sir John Everett Millais 1st Bt
Image
I like to name everything after myself
Joan Ross
Image
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.
Rose Lindsay
Biography
Rose Lindsay (née Soady, 1885-1978), artist's model, posed for Sydney Long, Antonio Dattilo Rubbo and Fred Leist before she met Norman Lindsay in 1902.
5 portraits in the collection
Lesley Moline
Biography
West Australian-born Lesley Moline (née O’Toole) studied at Perth Technical College before moving to Melbourne in 1933.
1 portrait in the collection
Self portrait, 1981
Michael Shannon
Portrait, pastel on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Les Rowe 1998
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Rose Lindsay in garden at Springwood with Peter the fox terrier, c. 1924
Harold Cazneaux
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Geoffrey Parsons, 1972
Michael Shannon
Portrait, pastel on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Les Rowe 1998
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Rose Lindsay, 1970
Anthony Browell
Portrait, direct positive colour photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Hayward Veal
Biography
Hayward 'Bill' Veal was born in Eaglemont, Victoria, and studied in Melbourne with AD Colquhoun and Max Meldrum between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four.
1 portrait in the collection
Mervyn Horton
Biography
Mervyn Horton AM (1917-1983), editor, art writer and entrepreneur, founded the journal Art and Australia in 1963 and edited it until his death in 1983.
1 portrait in the collection