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Ruth Park

Ruth Park AM

Biography

Ruth Park (1917–2010) was born in New Zealand and lived there until 1942.

1 portrait in the collection

Ruth Park
Ruth Park
Ruth Park

Ruth Park, 2000

Kilmeny Niland
Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2000

Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl

Ruth Cracknell

Biography

Ruth Cracknell AM (1925–2002), actor, became a household name through her character Maggie Beare in the ABC comedy Mother and Son, which ran from 1985 to 1994.

1 portrait in the collection

image not online

Ruth Maddison

Biography

Ruth Maddison began taking photographs in the mid-1970s and exhibited her Christmas Holiday with Bob’s Family – a series of hand-coloured, snapshot-style images mimicking scenes from a family photo album – at Ewing Gallery in Melbourne in 1979.

1 portrait in the collection

Sue Ford 1980-2006
Sue Ford 1980-2006
Sue Ford 1980-2006

Sue Ford 1980-2006, 1980-2006 (printed 2013)

Ruth Maddison
Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2013

The uncertain recovery, 2012 by Arianne McNaught

The uncertain recovery, 2012

by Arianne McNaught
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Eden, 2011 by Arianne McNaught

Eden, 2011

by Arianne McNaught
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Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl
Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl
Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl

Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl, 1995

Rosemary Valadon
Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2000

image not online

Kilmeny Niland

Biography

Kilmeny Niland the daughter of Ruth Park and D'Arcy Niland. was a well-known illustrator of children's books.

1 portrait in the collection

Lady Angel Dreamland Luna Park St Kilda, 2019 Cathy Staughton

Lady Angel Dreamland Luna Park St Kilda

Cathy Staughton
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Fostin outside his mum's, Kings Park, Melbourne, 2015 by Nicola Dracoulis

Fostin outside his mum's, Kings Park, Melbourne, 2015

by Nicola Dracoulis
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Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia

Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 1992-1993 (printed 2019)

Robin Sellick
Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Rob and Kayla, 2012 by Tom Psomotragos

Rob and Kayla, 2012

by Tom Psomotragos
Image

Portrait 55

Summer 2016-2017
Magazine

Explore convict art, photography by Ruth Hollick and Collier Schorr, an interview with neurosurgeon Charlie Teo, portraiture on money, and more!
Will Kalimba, 2021 Elizabeth Looker

Will Kalimba

Elizabeth Looker
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Parking

Parking

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