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Napier Waller CMG OBE
Biography
Napier Waller CMG OBE (1893–1972), painter, graphic artist, teacher and stained-glass designer, studied art at the National Gallery school in Melbourne and first exhibited at the Victorian Artists' Society in 1915.
1 portrait in the collection
Napier Waller
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1965
Margaret Anderson, 1942
Napier Waller CMG OBE
Portrait, pastel on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Christian Waller
Biography
Christian Waller (née Yandell, 1894–1954), printmaker, muralist and stained-glass artist, was born in Castlemaine, Victoria and commenced studying art at the Castlemaine School of Mines in 1905.
1 portrait in the collection
Lenny, 2019
Karen Waller
Image
Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie
Biography
Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (1860–1940) had served four years in the House of Commons before being appointed governor of Queensland in October 1895.
1 portrait in the collection
Christian Waller, c. 1920s
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper on card
Gift of an anonymous donor 2022
a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington), 1892
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Purchased 2015
The line of fire
Magazine article by Michelle Fracaro, 2005
Michelle Fracaro examines the life of World War II nurse Margaret Anderson, whose portrait by Napier Waller is in the NPG collection.
Leslie Bowles
Biography
Leslie Bowles (1885-1954), sculptor, was born in Sydney and began his studies in modelling and woodcarving at the Brisbane Technical College.
1 portrait in the collection
Joseph Brown AO OBE
Biography
Joseph Brown AO OBE (1918–2009), art collector, art dealer and philanthropist, arrived in Australia with his father and siblings from Poland in 1933; his mother had passed away shortly before their departure.
2 portraits in the collection
Enigma
Magazine article by Dr Grace Blakeley-Carroll, 2015
Grace Carroll contemplates the curious case of Christian Waller.
Double Portrait: Vida and Marie Breckenridge (study), 1999
Nancy Borlase AM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Marie Breckenridge 2004
Promise Fulfilled
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
The life and achievements of Sir Edward Holden, who is represented in the portrait collection by a bust created by Leslie Bowles.
Nancy Borlase AM
Biography
Nancy Borlase AM (1914–2006), painter and writer, was born in New Zealand, and had to be dug out of the wreckage when an earthquake struck Napier in late 1931.
4 portraits in the collection
Matthew Burnett, c. 1865
Henry Samuel Sadd
Portrait, steel engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015