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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Howard Taylor

Howard Taylor AO

Biography

Howard Taylor AM (1918-2001), painter, sculptor, graphic artist and teacher, trained in England before the war, which he spent largely as a prisoner in Stalag Luft III.

2 portraits in the collection

Howard Taylor
Howard Taylor
Howard Taylor

Howard Taylor, 1988 (printed 2001)

John Austin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

Howard Taylor
Howard Taylor
Howard Taylor

Howard Taylor, 1988 (printed 2001)

John Austin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

John Howard and Janette Howard
John Howard and Janette Howard
John Howard and Janette Howard

John Howard and Janette Howard, 2000

Josonia Palaitis
Portrait, oil on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by the Founding Patron, L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2000

Ron and Valerie Taylor
Ron and Valerie Taylor
Ron and Valerie Taylor

Ron and Valerie Taylor, n.d.

an unknown artist
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of Valerie Taylor and Ron Taylor AM 2006

John Howard and Janette Howard

The Hon. John Howard OM AC

Biography

The Hon. John Howard OM AC (b. 1939) was Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007.

1 portrait in the collection

John Howard and Janette Howard

Janette Howard

Biography

Janette Howard (b. 1943), wife of former prime minister the Hon. John Howard OM AC, was born in Sydney.

1 portrait in the collection

Jenny Howard

Jenny Howard

Biography

Jenny Howard née Daisy Blowes (1902-1996), stage performer, made her name in her native England as ‘the poor man’s Gracie Fields’, recording covers of Fields’s songs for a cut-price label and impersonating the star onstage.

1 portrait in the collection

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Howard Matthews

Biography

Part of the Melbourne intellectual avant-garde of the 1940s, Howard Matthews was a brilliant student.

1 portrait in the collection

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Howard Tangye

Biography

Figurative abstract artist and designer Howard Tangye was born in Queensland in 1948 and lived and worked in London from the 1970s until recently.

1 portrait in the collection

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Howard Barron

Biography

Howard Barron (1900–1991), artist, was born in Kent, England. He arrived in Sydney in 1924 where he trained with Sir Will Ashton.

1 portrait in the collection

Howard Arkley

Howard Arkley

Biography

Howard Arkley (1951-1999) was born, died, and spent the majority of his life in Melbourne, where he studied at Prahran CAE and Melbourne State College between 1969 and 1973.

3 portraits in the collection

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A & G Taylor

Biography

Photographers Andrew Taylor and George Taylor opened their first studio in Cannon Street in east London in 1866.

1 portrait in the collection

Ron and Valerie Taylor

Ron Taylor AM

Biography

Ron Taylor AM (1934–2012) was a marine conservationist and pioneer of underwater cinematography.

1 portrait in the collection

Robert, 2010 by CJ Taylor

Robert, 2010

by CJ Taylor
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Boobook, 2016 by CJ Taylor

Boobook, 2016

by CJ Taylor
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