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Dave Tacon
Simon McKeon, 2012
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Simon McKeon AO
Biography
Simon McKeon (b. 1955), corporate chair, investment banker and philanthropic entrepreneur, gained degrees in commerce and law in Melbourne before beginning a very successful career in banking and finance.
1 portrait in the collection
Cherry Hood
Simon Tedeschi unplugged, 2002
Portrait, watercolour on canvas
Gift of Tim Olsen 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Chloe Vallance
Listening to Light, Simon Mordant, 2015
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint, gouache, watercolour, coloured pencil and ink on plywood
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mordant Family Collection 2016. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Maiden Mother Crone
Upcoming exhibition
Enter the intricate and elaborate worlds of contemporary artists Del Kathryn Barton, Emily Hunt and Jess Johnson.
Simon Griffiths
Kylie Kwong, 2003
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2005
Simon Obarzanek
Bill Leak, 1999
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Adam Cullen
3 Mordants, 2011
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Mordant Family 2013
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
an unknown artist
The Haigh family, c. 1996
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the Haigh family 2005
Simon Griffiths
Biography
Simon Griffiths has been acclaimed in numerous publications as Australia's leading food and garden photographer.
1 portrait in the collection
Simon Tedeschi
Biography
Simon Tedeschi (b. 1981), award-winning classical pianist, grew up in Sydney, and essentially abandoned his school lessons as an adolescent to concentrate on his piano studies with Neta Maughan.
1 portrait in the collection
Tish Linehan
A Path of Focus: Portrait of Cate and Bronte Campbell, 2021
Portrait, ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper
Purchased 2022
Thea Proctor
Portrait of Diana Pockley, c. 1945
Portrait, watercolour and pencil on paper
Gift of Dr Simon Pockley, in memory of Diana Pockley 2023. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Keith Looby
David Combe and the portrait, 1983
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of David Combe 1998
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Johannes Heyer
William Barak at work on the drawing ‘Ceremony’ at Coranderrk, 1902
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned on paper
Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society 2000
Stephen Edward Nixon
Catholic clergymen from the Diocese of Adelaide, c. 1862
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Purchased 2018