National Gallery of Victoria Art School
The National Gallery of Victoria Art School, associated with the National Gallery of Victoria, was a private fine arts college founded in 1867. It was the leading centre for academic art training in Australia until about 1910. Among its luminaries, the school was headed by Sir William Dargie in 1946-53, John Brack from 1962-68, and Lenton Parr from 1968 to its absorption into the newly created Victorian College of the Arts.Alumni, faculty, and administrators
Alumni
The School's graduates and former students include:
- Ian Armstrong, 1943-1950 Appointed as Drawing Master 1960-1966
- Caroline Barker
- Peter Booth, 1962–65
- Arthur Boyd, circa 1934
- Rupert Bunny
- Horace Brodzky
- Norma Bull
- Mary Card, crochet designer
- Aileen Dent
- Moya Dyring, 1929–32
- Florence Fuller, 1883, 1888
- Joy Hester
- Ruth Hollick, 1902–06
- John Howley
- Percy Leason
- Joan Lindsay 1916–19
- Norman Macgeorge
- Frederick McCubbin
- Max Meldrum, 1890s
- Alan Moore
- William Beckwith McInnes
- Albert Ernest Newbury
- Sidney Nolan, 1934, 1936
- Margaret Preston
- Clifton Pugh
- Iso Rae
- Hilda Rix, 1902–05
- Tom Roberts
- Clara Southern
- Constance Stokes, 1925-1929
- Arthur Streeton, 1882
- Fred Williams, 1942–49
- P.Cohen - painted sets and costumes for Bunyip
Faculty and administrators
- Marc Clark
- Frederick McCubbin
- William Beckwith McInnes