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George Hurrell
Errol Flynn, 1938 (printed 2008)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Michael Desmond 2012
Errol Flynn
Biography
Errol Flynn (1909-1959), actor, was born in Hobart, where his father was a biology lecturer, and spent his childhood in Tasmania, England and Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Harry Hudson
Flynn of the Inland, 1955-1956
Portrait, pen, ink and gouache on paper
Purchased 1999
John Flynn OBE DD
Biography
John Flynn OBE DD (1880-1951) was a Presbyterian Minister, founder and superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission (AIM).
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Chauvel
Albert Namatjira, c. 1954-1958 (printed 2017)
Portrait, inkjet print from a scanned colour transparency on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Jimmy Pozarik OAM
Claudia Karvan on the set of Love My Way,
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007
The Flynn
Moustaches
A handsome devil of a mo; sleek; natty; perfectly manicured; alternately rakish and debonair, wicked and agreeable.
Charles Chauvel
Biography
Charles Chauvel (1897-1959), actor and film-maker, worked on the sets of Snowy Baker films as a young man, and followed the great action hero to Hollywood in 1921.
1 portrait in the collection
George Hurrell
Biography
George Hurrell, born in Kentucky, began his working life studying painting at the Art Institute of Chicago.
1 portrait in the collection
Australians in Hollywood
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2003
The exhibition Australians in Hollywood celebrated the achievements of Australians in the highly competitive American film industry.
Claudia Karvan OAM
Biography
Claudia Karvan OAM (b. 1973), actor, grew up in Sydney and made her first film appearances as a ten-year-old.
1 portrait in the collection
The 1890s to the 1940s
Mo and beard timeline
Although the tough, weathered, hard-drinking bushmen of the kind mythologised by writers like Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson are popularly associated with the character of late nineteenth century Australia, it was also a time when alternative ideas about identity began to come into play.
Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
Biography
Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE (1915–2009), aviatrix, decided she wanted to be a pilot when, at age eight, she saw a plane make an emergency landing on a beach near her home.
2 portraits in the collection
The life of Bryant
Magazine article by Tenille Hands, 2018
Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.
The aviatrix
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Joanna Gilmour explores the extraordinary life of Australian female aviator Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE
Drawn from life
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2021
Penelope Grist discovers the rich narratives in Peter Wegner’s series of centenarian portraits.