- Source: Reginald Jerrold-Nathan
Reginald Henry Jerrold-Nathan (1889 – 20 September 1979), often referred to as R. H. Jerrold-Nathan or Jerrold Nathan, was an English painter who had a career in Australia as a portraitist.
History
Nathan was born in London and studied painting under A. S. Cope, J. Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent and William Orpen at the Royal Academy. He arrived in Australia in 1924.
He was president of the Australian Art Society 1945–1952 and the Royal Queensland Art Society. He was a frequent contributor to Archibald Prize exhibitions.
Nathan died on 20 September 1979 at Turramurra, New South Wales.
Subjects
Among the high-profile Australians who have sat for Nathan are:
Samuel Angus
Millicent Preston-Stanley
Jessie Street and Linda Littlejohn
Ethel Curlewis
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
William Portus Cullen
Cecil Purser