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Basil P. Bressler
Biography
Basil Philip Bressler, who died in 2000, was a surveyor with an amateur interest in art and music.
A gift from the heart
Magazine article by Lauren Dalla, 2003
Lauren Dalla examines the life of Basil Bressler, the art patron responsible for one of the NPG's most important bequests.
Basil Hetzel AC
Biography
Basil Hetzel AC (1922-2017), medical scientist, came to South Australia as a three year old and was educated - like Nobel Prize winners William Lawrence Bragg, Howard Florey and Robin Warren - at St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide.
1 portrait in the collection
Basil Hetzel, 2007-2008
Mark Kimber
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Mrs Diana Ramsay AO 2008
Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, watercolour on paper
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Simone Young
Bill Henson AO
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Get Wet Series, 1979
Paul Worstead
Portrait, five screenprints on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Simone Young
Bill Henson AO
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Test #1 Ranger 3 Pit Mine Kakadu, N.T.: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, mangrove bark pigment on vellum
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Simone Young
Bill Henson AO
Image
Test #4 Broadhead and Wing Pattern: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, watercolour, gouache, mangrove bark dye with alum on vellum
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Test #2 Ranger 3 Pit Mine Kakadu, N.T.: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, mangrove reduced bark dye (no alum) on unsanded vellum
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Test #5 Garrett in landscape: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, watercolour, gouache, mangrove bark pigment with alum on vellum
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
'Come + see the real thing, come + see' Conquistadors parts Hong. Ranger 3: Preparatory study for 'Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground', 2001
eX de Medici
Portrait, mangrove bark pigment and pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Get Wet series (Reg Mombassa)
Paul Worstead
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Get Wet series (Greedy Smith)
Paul Worstead
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