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Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Purchased 2018
Dick Smith (b. 1944), businessman, aviator, film-maker and explorer, developed interests in radio and the bush as a boy.
2 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sir Andrew Grimwade CBE 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
George Milpurrurru (1934-1998), Ganalbingu (Yolgnu) painter, was one of the most important bark painters of the twentieth century.
1 portrait in the collection
Roderick Shaw (1915-1992) is perhaps best known for his worker paintings of the social realist school, such as Cable Layers (in the Art Gallery of NSW).
2 portraits in the collection
Thanacoupie AO (1937–2011), ceramic artist, community worker, elder, and spokesperson, grew up as Gloria Fletcher in North Queensland.
1 portrait in the collection
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Purchased with lead funds provided by the Dick and Pip Smith Foundation, the Nelson Meers Foundation and the Portrait Dinner Series 2025
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
Purchased 2011
Purchased 2005
Gift of John and Vivien Thornett 2014