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Noel Stapleton
Biography
Noel Stapleton (1927-2017) commercial artist, began his career in Brisbane in 1944.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel Stapleton
JOH (The Hon Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen), c. 1987
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas board
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2003
Ern McQuillan OAM
Noel McGrowdie, 1957 (printed 2003)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Nancy Menetrey
Noel Fraser Hickey, 1957
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2021
Brian Dunlop
Sir Noel Foley, c. 1985-1990
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Foley 2015
Noel McKenna
William Nuttall with horses in field, 2023
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Noel Counihan
Alan Marshall, 1971
Portrait, oil on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barrie and Jenny Hadlow 2015
Noel McKenna
Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists, 1996
Portrait, enamel on canvas
Gift of the artist 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Noel McKenna
Stable Scene with Shane Dye, 2000
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Noel Rubie
Millicent Preston Stanley Vaughan, c. 1945
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Judi Preston-Stanley 2013
Noel McKenna
'Interiors can tell a lot about a person'
Portrait story
Noel McKenna on why he became an artist and his love of animals and interiors.
Noel Fraser Hickey
Biography
Noel Fraser Hickey (1921–2010) was born in Kensington, in Sydney, New South Wales, a stone's throw from the Royal Randwick Racecourse.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel Rubie
Biography
Noel Rubie (1901–1976) was a painter and photographer who had a portrait and industrial photography studio in Sydney and worked during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel McGrowdie
Biography
Noel 'Digger' McGrowdie (1920-1961), jockey, was born in Brisbane and educated at a Christian Brothers School in Toowoomba before being apprenticed in Brisbane at the age of fourteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel Counihan
Biography
Noel Counihan, born in Melbourne, began his career as a press caricaturist, freelancing in Australia, New Zealand and Europe in the 1930s and 1940s.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel McKenna
Biography
Noel McKenna (b. 1956), artist, is best known for his spare linear style and paintings of everyday scenarios, often featuring animals and interiors.
3 portraits in the collection