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Gift of Mrs SM Asplin 2011



Gift of Mrs SM Asplin 2011




Grace Cossington Smith OBE (1892–1984) was a pioneer of modernist art in Australia.
1 portrait in the collection

Recorded 1965



Purchased 2002

Grace Carroll contemplates the curious case of Christian Waller.


Jim Anderson was born in England, his family moving to Australia when he was one year old.
1 portrait in the collection

The National Portrait Gallery acquired the self-portrait by Grace Cossington Smith in 2003.

Grace Carroll discusses the portrait of the late-eighteenth century gentleman pickpocket George Barrington.



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.

Ethel Anderson (née Mason, 1883-1958), writer and artist, was an important figure in the Sydney modern art scene of the 1920s and 30s.
2 portraits in the collection