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The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska)
The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska)
The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska)
Jo Bertini

The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska), 2001

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2002

The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska)

Drusilla Modjeska

Biography

Drusilla Modjeska (b. 1946), writer, feminist and academic, was born in England and moved to Australia in 1971 after several years in Papua New Guinea.

1 portrait in the collection
Self portrait

Stella Bowen

Biography

Stella Bowen, painter and writer, grew up in Adelaide, where she studied with Margaret Preston.

1 portrait in the collection
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Jo Bertini

Biography

Jo Bertini (b. 1964) is a Sydney painter, art educator, lecturer and writer.

2 portraits in the collection
Self portrait

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