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Roslyn Oxley
Biography
Roslyn Oxley AM, gallerist and art dealer, was born Roslyn Walton, the daughter of John Walton, owner of the department store Waltons.
1 portrait in the collection
The boys, 2006
by Roslyn Oades
Image
Roslyn, 2016
Sally Ross
Portrait, oil on linen
Purchased 2017
Henry Lawson
Biography
Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's defining authors, is best known for his short stories and ballads depicting the hardship of bush life.
6 portraits in the collection
Destination Dissociation
Perri Lawson
Image
Henry Lawson,
Joe Greenberg
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, gouache and fibre-tipped pen on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Henry Lawson, c. 1915
William Johnson
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Henry Lawson, c. 1915
William Johnson
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Henry Lawson, 1915
William Johnson
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2009
Henry Lawson, c. 1919
Lionel Lindsay
Portrait, pencil, charcoal, pen and ink on paper
Purchased 2010
Henry Lawson, 1919
Lionel Lindsay
Portrait, etching on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2011
Regarding Henrys
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2015
Sarah Engledow ponders the divergent legacies of Messrs Kendall and Lawson.
Life mask of John Bell, c. 1980
an unknown artist
Portrait, cast plaster
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Roslyn Lawson 2013
The Lawson
Moustaches
It’s curious that one of the writers most associated with the toughness of Australian bush life was himself not an exponent of the matted, rugged bushman sort of beard.
Tony Clark
Biography
Canberra-born artist Tony Clark moved to London with his family in 1960.
1 portrait in the collection
Nelson Illingworth
Biography
Nelson Illingworth trained in sculpture in England and worked as a modeller at the Royal Doulton potteries for nine years before moving to Australia.
3 portraits in the collection