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Marcus Beilby Hal Missingham

oil on canvas

160.5 x 89 cm

Image courtesy the artist

This portrait by Marcus Beilby of Harold (Hal) Missingham (1906–1994) is now in the collection of the National Library of Australia, Canberra. An artist himself, Missingham had been director of the Art Gallery of NSW from 1945 to 1971.