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Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir Kenneth Coles, c. 1979
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Coles Myer Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir Arthur Coles, c. 1971
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Coles Myer Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
W B McInnes
Sir George Coles, 1935
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Coles Myer Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Reinis Zusters
Portrait of Sir Edgar Coles, 1962
Portrait, oil on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of Sir Edgar Coles 2014
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir Norman Coles, n.d.
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Coles Myer Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir Edgar Coles, c. 1970
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Coles Myer Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Michael Meszaros
Kenneth Myer DSC AC, 1985
Portrait, cast bronze medallion on wood plaque
Gift of Dr Ray Marginson AM 2001
Dean Beletich
Kenneth Gillespie, 2005
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Purchased 2015
David Strachan
Portrait of Kenneth Rowell, 1967
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Margaret Olley 2002. Transferred from the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Max Dupain OBE
Kenneth Binns, c. 1940s
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Kenneth Rowell AM
Dame Margaret Scott, 1949
Portrait, pen and ink, brush and ink and watercolour on paper
Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir George Coles KT CBE
Biography
Sir George Coles CBE (1885–1977) was the founder of the retail concern GJ Coles and Coy.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Edgar Barton ‘EB’ Coles
Biography
Sir Edgar Barton ‘EB’ Coles (1899-1981) was the longest-serving chief executive of the Coles retail group.
2 portraits in the collection
Alex Ellinghausen
Ken Wyatt, 2019 (printed 2020)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2022
Joe Greenberg
Brian Quinn, Coles Myer,
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Gary Grealy
Ken Catchpole, 2014
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2014