Ann Galbally
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Ann Galbally | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 (age 79–80) |
| Parent | John Galbally |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Thesis | John Peter Russell (1858–1930) and his circle (1975) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Melbourne |
Ann Elizabeth Galbally AM FAHA (born 1945) is an Australian art historian and academic.
Galbally was born in Victoria in 1945,[1] daughter of Sheila Marie (née Kenny) and Labor Party politician, John William Galbally.[2] She graduated from the University of Melbourne with BA Hons (English and Fine Arts) in 1966, an MA in 1970[3] and a PhD in 1975.[4]
In the 1970s she was an art critic for The Age newspaper.[5] In 1977–78, while senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne, Galbally curated an exhibition of 60 artworks by Australian impressionist John Peter Russell which opened at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and then toured to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.[6]