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unusual facts about Sydney Art School



Thea Proctor

She studied at Sydney Art School from 1896 under Julian Ashton then St John's Wood School in London in 1903; they became lifelong friends and she modelled for him many times.


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Sydney Long

The sale brought Long to the attention of Julian Ashton, a Trustee of the Gallery and founder of the influential Julian Ashton Art School (at that time called the Sydney Art School), and in 1907 he became Ashton's second-in-command in the school.