Anne and Tam pioneered the professional exhibiting and marketing of contemporary art in Australia. From the beginning, their gallery developed a reputation for representing prominent Australian artists and along with the aforementioned, included other great names such as John Brack, Justin O’Brien and Fred Williams.
Stuart Purves, the youngest of three children, joined his parents in the gallery in 1966. After the untimely death of Tam in 1969, Stuart and Anne ran the gallery as co-directors until her death in 1999.