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Karl Duldig
Biography
Karl Duldig (1902-1986) studied art in Vienna between 1923 to 1933, interrupted by his success in sport, first as a soccer international, then as a tennis player and finally as a table-tennis title holder.
1 portrait in the collection
Maurice Ashkanasy CMG QC, 1963
Karl Duldig
Portrait, cast bronze
Gift of Dr Vivianne de Vahl Davis and Professor Neal Ashkanasy 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Final frame
Magazine article by Karl James, 2016
Karl James reflects on soldier portraiture during the Great War.
Lola Montes, c. 1845
Joseph Karl Stieler
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2010
Lauded legacy
Magazine article by Karl James, 2015
Karl James gives short shrift to doubts about the profile of General Sir John Monash.
Karl Fender, 2019
Anna Minardo
Image
Karl Friedrich Abel
Thomas Gainsborough
Image
Portrait 50 hits the shelves
1 September 2015
Archived media releases 2015
With contributions from Julia Gillard, Fiona Gruber, and Dr Karl James, the National Portrait Gallery’s 50th edition of Portrait has something for everyone.
Hugo Wolfsohn
Biography
Hugo Wolfsohn, a Dunera Boy, was Foundation Professor of Politics at Latrobe University.
2 portraits in the collection
Bringing down a kingdom
Lust
The king and the showgirl
John Passmore AC, 1973
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Doris Passmore 2003
Valentine Green
Biography
Valentine Green, engraver, spent two years in a solicitor’s office in Evesham before abandoning the law and becoming a pupil of Robert Hancock, an engraver in Worcester.
1 portrait in the collection
Tessa Daphne Birnie OAM
Biography
Tessa Daphne Birnie OAM (1934-2008), concert pianist, claimed to have decided on a career in music after hearing a piano at her local hall as a four-year old.
1 portrait in the collection
Fay Zwicky, c. 1981 (printed 2018)
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2018
Fay Zwicky
Biography
Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), poet and academic, grew up in a cultivated environment in Brighton, Melbourne, where her European Jewish family had lived for four generations.
1 portrait in the collection
Catherine Martin, 2001 (printed 2006)
Douglas Kirkland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2006