Donated in memory of.

Lars Knudsen, The Australian Stork, 2000.

oil painting

(Maitland Hospital Collection 59)

This painting currently hangs on the wall outside the Maternity Unit at Maitland Hospital. 

The plaque under the painting reads: ‘The Australian Stork. In fond memory of Dr Ken Roberts-Thomson, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist to the Maitland Hospital 1977 - 2000. From his friends and colleagues at the hospital.’

The painting and its commemorative plaque are a reminder of other artworks throughout the hospital donated in memory of particular individuals. Some of the works are originals, others are reproductions. Their significance rests mainly in their role as memorials to particular people. As so often with memorials, the people are named but details about them, their lives and their contributions need to be sought out.

Below we share some of this commemorative art.

Framed reproduction of a painting of a floral arrangement with plaque inscribed ‘In loving memory of Ruth Elsie Nancarrow, 5th March 2007.’ The work currently hangs on the wall outside the maternity unit in Building E, Level 2.

(Maitland Hospital Collection 58)

Framed reproduction of Renoir’s Les Tulipes with plaque inscribed ‘To caring staff / surgical unit / in loving memory / of / Barbara Garnham’

(Maitland Hospital Collection 308)

Reproduction of d’Arcy W.Doyle, Sunday Morning, numbered 1774/2000 with Cancer Council stamp and a plaque stating ‘In memory of Ron Adams / A faithful member of Maitland Hospital / Donated by Maitland Hospital Auxiliary’.

The work is on a wall in Medical Imaging.

(Maitland Hospital Collection 372)

Kevin Best, Alpine Hide-Away, undated, 637/900, signed reproduction print with a plaque stating ‘In memory of William (Bill) Moffat 3-3-94 for long and faithful service to The Maitland Hospital.’

In storage.

(Maitland Hospital Collection 409)

Untitled framed photographs by an unnamed photographer. On the left bottom edge of each frame: ‘Generously donated by family and friends of Lee Bailey 2011’. On right bottom edge of the frame: ‘Image courtesy of the Maitland Mercury’.

(Maitland Hospital Collection 382 and 383)

 The photographs are in the Intensive Care Unit. Leniece Trotter, Nurse Unit Manager of Intensive Care explains:

Lee Bailey was a patient about ten years ago who was very young and died of cardiac failure ... He spent a lot of time with us and said that when he died he would donate some artwork because he was so bored in the rooms, there was nothing to look at, so … these are the paintings that were donated by his family.