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Adam Knott
Betty Churcher, 2008
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2013
Peter Churcher
Biography
Peter Churcher's first qualifications were in music, not art. Travelling through Europe after gaining his Licentiate for Piano Performance from Trinity College, London, he visited a great many galleries and was persuaded to return to his original preoccupation, painting.
1 portrait in the collection
Anne Zahalka
Betty Churcher, 1994
Portrait, ilfochrome photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2021
Davida Allen
hey, Betty (Portrait of Betty Churcher), 1990
Portrait, oil on plywood
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Peter Churcher
Sir Gustav Nossal, 1999
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair 1999
Peter Schipperheyn
Bust of Peter Garrett, 1991-2016
Portrait, carved marble on travertine marble base
Gift of the artist 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
David Moore
Portrait of Peter Nicholson, 1995
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Nicholson 2001
David Moore
Portrait of Peter Nicholson, 1995
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Nicholson 2001
David Moore
Portrait of Peter Nicholson, 1995
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Nicholson 2001
Deidre But-Husaim
The Writer, Peter Goldsworthy, 2018
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC and Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018
Douglas Thompson
Peter Travis, 1971 (printed 2009)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Julie Edgar
Peter Brock, 2000-2001
Portrait, cast bronze on granite base
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Kerrie Lester
A man and his music: Peter Weiss and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, 1995
Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas
Gift of Peter Weiss AO 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Ern McQuillan OAM
Peter Thomson, 1970
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2004
Deidre But-Husaim
Study for The Writer, Peter Goldsworthy, 2018
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC and Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018
Bruce Armstrong
Peter Carey in Kelly country, 2000
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on board
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001