CIRCLE OF LINDSAY BERNALD HALL (1859-1935), PORTRAIT OF A GYPSY, OIL ON CANVAS, 75 x 60cm, FRAME 84 x 68cm.

School on National Gallery of Art. Circa 1930.

Lindsay Bernard Hall (1859-1935), artist, teacher and gallery director, was born on 28 December 1859 at Garston, Liverpool, England, son of Lindsay Hall, a broker of Scottish descent, and his wife Emily Margaret, née Brugheer Herrmann. Bernard was brought up in an affluent, well-educated, cultured circle. He was educated at Kensington Grammar School, London, and Cheltenham College.

In 1891 Hall was appointed director of the National Gallery of Victoria and head of the Art School. He arrived in Melbourne early in 1892.

As a teacher, hall taught in the Munich system. Artist who trained after him include James Quinn, Hugh Ramsay, W.B McInnes, Charles Wheeler & Margaret Preston.

Hall did exhibit at times with the Victorian Artists' Society as well as on man exhibitions.