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2 unusual facts about National Gallery of Victoria


Ginger Riley Munduwalawala

The National Gallery of Victoria held a 10 year retrospective of his work in 1997.

Leo Cussen

In 1916, Cussen had been made a trustee of the State Library of Victoria, the Victorian Museum and the National Gallery of Victoria, then run by a single board of trustees, and in 1928 he was made President of the board.


Albert Henry Fullwood

Fullwood is represented in the national galleries at Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, at Dresden and Budapest, and in the Australian War Memorial at Canberra.

Arthur Streeton

Streeton's works appear in many major Australian galleries and museums, including the Australian War Memorial, National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Australia.

Charles Edward Bright

He became a partner in the firms of Messrs. Antony Gibbs & Co., and Gibbs, Bright & Co. He was twice Chairman of the Melbourne Harbour Trust, and for many years Trustee of the Public Library, Museum, and National Gallery of Victoria.

Euan Heng

Heng's work is represented in major private and corporate collections, as well as public and university museum collections in all states of Australia including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Queensland Art Gallery.

Gilbert Kaplan

At the post-performance dinner in the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Victoria, the keynote speaker was the then Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating, a noted aficionado of Mahler.

Graham Fransella

His work is represented in private and public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Queensland Art Gallery, Parliament House, Canberra, the Print Council of Australia and Saatchi and Saatchi, London.

Henry Gritten

He is represented in the National Gallery of Victoria and Connell collections, Melbourne, the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and the Commonwealth National Library, Canberra.

Ian Potter

The Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square (part of the National Gallery of Victoria), the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne and the Ian Potter Children's Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens are but a few of his legacies in Melbourne today.

John Longstaff

He won the National Gallery of Victoria's first travelling scholarship for his 1887 narrative painting Breaking the News (which inspired a 1912 film of the same name), and John and his wife sailed from Melbourne for London on P&O's 4,600-ton 'Valetta' in September 1887.

John Peter Russell

Two water-colours and a small oil painting are in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, and there is a drawing in the Adelaide collection.

Richard Larter

Richard Larter is represented in the collections of major galleries, such as the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia and Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, as well as numerous state, regional, university and private collections throughout Australia.

Robert L. J. Ellery

He was one of the founders of the Royal Society of Victoria and its president from 1866 to 1884, became a trustee of the public library, museums and National Gallery of Victoria in 1882, and was also for many years a member of the council of the University of Melbourne.

Roy Grounds

In 1959 the firm was awarded the commission to design the National Gallery of Victoria and Arts Centre, with Grounds named in the contract as the architect in charge.

Ruby Lindsay

Lindsay was born in Creswick, Victoria, the seventh child and second daughter of Robert and Jane Lindsay, and lived in Melbourne from the age of 16 with her brother Percy while studying at the National Gallery of Victoria School.

Trent Parke

Parke's photographs are held in numerous public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra), the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), the Australian National Maritime Museum (Sydney), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney) and the University of Sydney Union.


see also

Ross Watson

His art is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, National Portrait Gallery, and significant private collections including Sir Elton John, James J. O'Donnell and James D, Wolfensohn.

William Dunn Knox

Gallery that hold his paintings include: the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide and the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.