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Chrissy Grishin, c. 1996 (printed 2012)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Claudia Hyles 2012
Chrissy Grishin
Biography
Chrissie Grishin (b. 1954), printmaker and painter, exhibits under the name of G W Bot, derived from an eighteenth-century French reference to the wombat as ‘le grand Wam Bot’ and adopted in tribute to the animal with which she has taken as her totem.
1 portrait in the collection
Ivan Durrant
Chrissy Amphlett "Temperamental", 1989
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on composition board
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Andrew Sibley
Sasha Grishin, 1999
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Robin Wallace-Crabbe, Dianne Fogwell
Ms Natasha Grishin, 1996
Portrait, etching
Gift of the artist 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Chrissy Amphlett
'I was never submissive'
Portrait story
An interview with the iconic Australian rocker Chrissy Amphlett.
Professor Sasha Grishin AM
Biography
Sasha Grishin AM (birth date undisclosed) is the Sir William Dobell Professor of Art History at the Australian National University.
1 portrait in the collection
Chrissy Amphlett
Biography
Christina 'Chrissy' Amphlett (1959–2013), singer/songwriter, was best known for her energetic performances as the lead singer of rock band the Divinyls, often in her trademark school uniform and fishnet stockings.
1 portrait in the collection
David Potts
Andrew Sibley, painter, Sydney, 1960
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
Andrew Sibley
Self portrait, 1990
Portrait, brush and ink on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Andrew Sibley
Self portrait, 1990
Portrait, brush and ink on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Eric Thake
Mr Thake - Dr So and So, 1959
Portrait, linocut on paper
Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011
Eric Thake
The rock and the flies, 1952
Portrait, linocut on paper
Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011
Eric Thake
Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street, 1964
Portrait, linocut on paper
Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011
Eric Thake
Epstein/Einstein? I can never remember!, 1962
Portrait, linocut on paper
Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011
Eric Thake
Figure in a rocky landscape, 1965
Portrait, linocut on paper
Gift of Professor Peter Van Sommers 2011