Rose Lindsay (1885-1978), née Rose Soady, was an artist's model, author, and printmaker.^[1] She was introduced to Norman Lindsay in 1902 by Julian Rossi Ashton, and began modeling for Lindsay that same year.^[2][3] She became his principal model and later his lover, and after his marriage ended she joined him in London in 1910.^[4] She was the business manager, most recognizable model, and second wife of Norman Lindsay, as well as being the printer for most of his etchings.^[5] In 1913 a pen-and-ink drawing she had posed for called Crucified Venus was shown at the Society of Artists' exhibition in Melbourne, but the Melbourne committee removed it from public view do to scandal over its eroticism.^[6] However, Julian Rossi Ashton, who was the president of the Society of Artists, said he would withdraw all the New South Wales paintings from the exhibit unless Crucified Venus was shown again, and it was put back up within the week.^[7] She also modeled for others including Julian Rossi Ashton, Harold Cazneaux,Sydney Long, Dattilo Rubbo, and Sydney Ure Smith.^[8] In 1926 Rayner Hoff sculpted a statue of her.^[9]

Rose and Norman bought a house and built a studio at Springwood, and famous people including Miles Franklin, Henry Lawson, Nellie Melba, and Banjo Paterson visited them.^[10] They married in 1920, though their marriage was held two weeks before his divorce became absolute.^[11] They had two children, Helen and Janet.^[12] In 1973 the Springwood property was bought by the National Trust of Australia and became the Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum.^[13]

She wrote two volumes of autobiography, Ma and Pa (1963) and Model Wife (1967).^[14] These two volumes were reprinted in 2001 as Rose Lindsay: A Model Life.^[15]

Pictures of her are in Australia's National Portrait Gallery.^[16]