Historical information

A portrait in oils or acrylic of Mrs Susan St. Leon, Size 1380mm x 900mm. Janet Dawson trained at the National Gallery School, Melbourne, and won a NGV Travelling Scholarship to study painting, lithography and etching at the Slade School and the Central School in London. Since then she has had numerous exhibitions, and is represented in all major public collections of Australia. She won the Archibald Prize in 1973 for one of her portraits.

This portrait is part of the Record Series 74. Permanent/Semi-Permanent Displayed Works.

Physical description

Oil Painting of Mrs Susan St. Leon Headmistress

Inscriptions & markings

Mrs Susan St.Leon Headmistress 1973-1982