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Elinor Wrobel b. 1 January 1933

Also known as Elinor Ring
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Wrobel was a private gallery curator (Woolloomooloo Art Gallery ) and collector working with her partner Fred Wrobel until his death. In 2003, she created the John Passmore Museum of Art to promote his work after an inheritance from the Passmore estate in 1989. Their museum collected broadly She was also instrumental in developing the Nightingale Museum, Sydney Hospital as well as the career of Percy Grainger (d.1961)
Tags: Percy Grainger, John Passmore, Nightingale Museum, Sydney Hospital
  • Biographical Data b. 1 January 1933 Paddington, Sydney, NSW
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  • Exhibitions 4 exhibitions
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  • received
    Order of Australia Medal
    Dates
    2006
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Updated May 3, 2023
Created March 13, 2013
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