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Daddy Cool, Melbourne, 1974
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Purchased 2005
Ross Wilson
Biography
Ross Wilson (b. 1947), musician and producer, started playing in bands as a schoolboy, fronting the Pink Finks and the Party Machine in the late 1960s.
3 portraits in the collection
Eagle Ross (Ross Wilson), 2005
Tessa Jones
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
The Boss, Ross Wilson, 2009
Chris Budgeon
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portriat Gallery
Gift of the artist 2011
Now Listen...
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2005
Artist Tessa Jones recalls creating her portrait of Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock singer and music producer, Ross Wilson.
Joshua Ross
Biography
Joshua Ross (b. 1981) excelled at athletics as a child, but didn't take up sprinting in earnest until 2000, inspired by watching the Sydney Olympics on television.
1 portrait in the collection
Ross Watson
Biography
Ross Watson specialises in interpolating representations of lithe semi-naked men into copies of paintings by masters such as Vermeer, Ter Borsch, David and Bronzino.
2 portraits in the collection
Ross Honeysett
Biography
Ross Honeysett (b. 1953) is a professional photographer who began his career in London and Paris, shooting for fashion magazines Vogue, Tatler, Glamour and Elle.
2 portraits in the collection
Robert Ross
Biography
Robert Ross (1792–1862), clergyman, studied medicine in his native Edinburgh before being ordained into the Church of Scotland in 1818.
1 portrait in the collection
Ross Edwards
Biography
Ross Edwards (b. 1943), composer, became determined upon a life of composition as a child.
1 portrait in the collection
I like to name everything after myself
Joan Ross
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View of Manly. Land of the tame
Joan Ross
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Possession for men & women - Van Diemens Land
Joan Ross
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M'lady Ikebana
Joan Ross
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M'lady Ikebana
Joan Ross
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You were my biggest regret: diary entry 1806
Joan Ross
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