Kenneth Rowell AM (1920–1999), artist and theatre designer, grew up in Melbourne and became intent on a career in the theatre at a young age.
2 portraits in the collection
Recorded 1973
Gift of Margaret Olley 2002. Transferred from the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Michael Riley’s early portraits by Amanda Rowell.
Sir Kenneth Gillespie (1929–2010), dancer, teacher and founder of the Tasmanian Ballet, left his native Launceston at age sixteen to join the Borovansky Ballet in Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Ken Catchpole OAM (1939-2017), former rugby union international, excelled at various sports in his school years in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, but began to show real prowess in rugby as a student at Scot’s College in the 1950s.
1 portrait in the collection
Recorded 1967
Kenneth Baillieu Myer DSC AC (1921- 1992) was a businessman and philanthropist.
1 portrait in the collection
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Purchased 2015
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Coles Myer Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Commissioned with funds from the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2014
Gift of Dr Ray Marginson AM 2001
Gift of the Estate of Nancy Wiseman 2007
Gift of the Street family and the Jessie Street National Women's Library 2010
