George Frederick Henry Bell was an Australian painter and teacher, critic, portraitist, violinist and war artist who contributed significantly to the advancement of the local Modern movement from the 1920s to the 1930s.
George Bell in 1932 photographed by Jack Cato
Portrait of Australian official war artists, 1916–1918 by George Coates, 1920. George Bell is seated in front
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 and was Australia's leading art school of 50 years.
National Gallery of Victoria Art School students 1896
Melbourne National Gallery School life class in 1935 (L-R) Phyl Waterhouse, Alannah Coleman, Charles Bush, Jean Mcinnes and Miss Eastwood (posed not in front of their own canvases). On the walls; works by Hugh Ramsay, John Longstaff, Max Meldrum, James Quinn, Isaac Cohen and Charles Wheeler. Taken for Table Talk magazine
A group of students at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School with animal costumes c. 1930