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Hugh Ramsay
Portrait of Ambrose Patterson, 1901-1902
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003
Ambrose Patterson
Biography
Ambrose Patterson (1877-1967) was a printmaker, painter and teacher. Like Ramsay, Patterson studied under Bernard Hall at the National Gallery School.
1 portrait in the collection
Max Dupain OBE
Ambrose Hallen, 1941
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003
Lina Bryans
Ambrose Hallen, 1937
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sir James and Lady Cruthers 2001
Polly Borland
Sir Les Patterson, 1999
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
Ambrose Hallen
Biography
Ambrose Hallen (1886-1943) was an Australian modernist artist whose work went largely unrecognised in this country.
2 portraits in the collection
Hugh Ramsay
Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel), 1901-1902
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003
David Naseby
Geoff Cousins, 2017
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Geoff Cousins AM 2007
Charles Blackman OBE
The chase, 1952
Portrait, tempera on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rob and Paula McLean 2011
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Velasquez Touch
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2004
Former NPG Director, Andrew Sayers, explores the creative collaborations between four Australian artists living in Paris during the first years of the twentieth century.
The Victor
Other styles
The style adopted by an American Civil War general, Ambrose Burnside, from whose name the term ‘sideburn’ originated.
Conversation pieces
Magazine article by Dr Emma Kindred, 2025
Curator Emma Kindred shares a glimpse of the creative process behind her selection of works for the National Portrait Gallery’s salon hang.
Wunderkind lost
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2021
Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.
James Scobie
Biography
James Scobie (1860-1940), horse trainer, was born at Ararat, Victoria, and at age 20 he rode his first metropolitan jumping winner at Ballarat.
1 portrait in the collection
Will Dyson
Biography
Will (William Henry) Dyson, cartoonist, caricaturist, writer and draughtsman, was born in Alfredtown, near Ballarat, and studied for a short time in Melbourne, where he worked closely with his older brother Ambrose.
11 portraits in the collection
Charles Wheeler
Biography
Charles Wheeler OBE (1881–1977), artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1933 for a portrait of the popular Melbourne-based writer Ambrose Pratt.
8 portraits in the collection