Sir Ernest Daryl Lindsay (1889 -1976) was an Australian artist from a large family of which several of the children achieved artistic excellent. The foundations of Lindsay’s art career were laid during the First World War when chance meeting with Australia’s first official war artist, Will Dyson, lead to a position as a medical artist, in 1918 being posted to the Queen’s Hospital in Sidcup, Kent, where, as their official medial artist, he documented patients’ facial injuries and the ground-breaking reconstructive surgery being performed there. His war work lead to a friendship with Sir Henry Tonks and enrolment as a student at the Slade School of Art where he became part of London’s social, artistic and literary scene. Later, at the height of his career he became curator and then director of the National Gallery of Victoria (1942-56). During this time he also became a member of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board. In 1956 was knighted for his services to Art. Lindsay’s practice was varied and he is remembered for a wide body of work that includes landscapes, paintings of race horses, botanical studies, satirical illustrations and ballet sketches.