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Michael Riley
Dorothy, 1990 (printed 2013)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2013
Dorothy Delaney
Biography
Dorothy (Tudley) Delaney was an administrator at Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.
1 portrait in the collection
Greg Weight
Dorothy Robinson Napangardi, 2010
Portrait, inkjet print on cotton rag paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Rick Amor
Dorothy Porter, 2001-2002
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Andrea Goldsmith 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Melbourne Spurr
Dorothy Gordon, c. 1922
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Melbourne Spurr
Dorothy Gordon, in part costume for Rudolph Valentino's "In Blood and Sand", c. 1922
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Dorothy Robinson Napangardi
Biography
Dorothy Robinson Napangardi (c. 1956–2013) was an influential Pintupi/Warlpiri artist who developed a distinctive abstract monochromatic style across the course of her career.
1 portrait in the collection
Dorothy Gordon OBE
Biography
Dorothy Gordon (Jenner) OBE, ‘Andrea’ (1891-1985), actress, dressmaker, stuntwoman, journalist, radio broadcaster and charity fundraiser, grew up on a property near Narrabri and attended boarding school in Sydney before gaining a part as a chorus girl in Girl in a Train in Melbourne in 1912.
2 portraits in the collection
Dorothy Porter
Biography
Dorothy Porter (1954–2008), poet and writer, grew up in Sydney and the Blue Mountains, graduated from the University of Sydney in 1975 and taught creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Martin van der Wal
George Milpurrurru, 1986
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005
Vaike Liibus
John Coburn, 1974
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Liibus family 2015
Gary Ede
Sir Tristan Antico, 1993 (printed 2018)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2018
Bryan Westwood
Sir Ian Potter, 1973
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Primrose Potter 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Max Dupain OBE
The Reverend Ralph Sutton, 1935
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on card
Gift of Reverend Ralph Sutton's daughters Arlene Howes and Megan Newman in memory of Ralph Sutton and in tribute to his wife Dorothy Sutton 2011
Rick Amor
Sketch of Clifton Pugh painting John Perceval, 1985
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2016
Beautiful bones
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2011
Sarah Engledow reflects on the shared life and writing of Dorothy Porter and Andrea Goldsmith.