A visual exploration of themes depicted in 'The Jester' by Lionel Lindsay.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2011
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Joanna Gilmour writes about the portraiture of the colonial artist William Nicholas.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Michelle Fracaro describes Lionel Lindsay's woodcut The Jester (self-portrait).
This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of self-portraits in Australia, from the colonial period to the present
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sir Richard Kingsland AO CBE DFC 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Sir Lionel Lindsay (1874-1961), graphic artist, was the brother of Norman, Percy, Daryl and Ruby Lindsay and shared with his siblings an early obsession with drawing and printmaking.
5 portraits in the collection
Sir William (Will) Ashton OBE (1881-1963) was the son of James Ashton, who founded Adelaide's Norwood Art School in 1885 and its Academy of Arts in 1895.
1 portrait in the collection
William Nicholas was born near London and is believed to have trained with English printmaker A.M Huffam.
2 portraits in the collection
Charles Troedel (1835-1906), born in Hamburg, was working in Norway when he was headhunted by AW Schuhkrafft, a Melbourne printer who seeking European craftsmen.
1 portrait in the collection
