We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands.

Fred Williams Sir Louis Matheson, first vice-chancellor, Monash University

oil on canvas

174 x 137 cm

This portrait by Fred Williams of engineer Louis Matheson (1912–2002) is now in the Monash University Collection, Melbourne. Matheson was the university’s first vice-chancellor, serving in the role from 1960 to 1976.