SYDNEY.- Edmund Capon, Director Art Gallery of New South Wales announced that Mollie Gowing, a great supporter of the gallery and of Indigenous art in particular has left an important collection of 142 works plus a very generous legacy of $5 million to establish two endowment funds for acquisitions: one for Indigenous art and a larger one for general acquisitions. The 142 works include artists such as Arthur Boyd, Ian Fairweather, John Olsen, John Firth-Smith, Fred Williams, Emily Kam Ngwarray and Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri. The publicity-shy Mollie Gowing had a long association with the gallery for more than 35 years, spending many years as a volunteer guide. She was a champion for Australian art with a real passion for Indigenous art. Mollie’s legacy will live on indefinitely said Edmund Capon. Mollie and Jim Gowing of the famous retail family were two of Australia’s most important and generous art patro