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Jiawei Shen
L. Gordon Darling AC CMG, 2006
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by the Mundango Charitable Trust and Claudia Hyles 2006
Francis Reiss, June Orford
Gordon and Marilyn Darling, 1994
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Francis Reiss 2009
an unknown artist
Portrait of Harriet Swan, c. 1842
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC 2013
an unknown artist
Portrait of Julia Swan, c. 1842
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC 2013
Gordon and Marilyn Darling interview
General content
Gordon and Marilyn Darling talk about the origins of the National Portrait Gallery and some of their favourite portraits.
L Gordon Darling AC CMG
Biography
L. Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015), former company director, was the Founding Patron of the National Portrait Gallery.
2 portraits in the collection
H Parker Rolfe
Joe Darling (Joseph Darling, member of the 1896 Australian Cricket Team), 1896
Portrait, albumen photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
Gordon Darling
by Jiawei Shen
Portrait story
Gordon Darling talks about how Jiawei Shen came to paint his portrait.
Anne Zahalka
Marilyn Darling AC, 2010
Portrait, colour transparency on lightbox
Commissioned with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC 2010
an unknown artist
Rev. Andrew Mitchell Ramsay, 1865
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper laid on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
L. Gordon Darling AC CMG
31 August 2015
Archived media releases 2015
The Chairman, Board, Director and all the Staff of the National Portrait Gallery mourn the loss of our Founding Patron, who died peacefully in Melbourne this morning. He was 94.
an unknown artist
Thomas Woolner, c. 1865
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
Uncommon Australians
The vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling
General content
Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.
David Moore
Gordon Andrews, Lovett Bay, Sydney, 1987 (printed 2000)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001
an unknown artist
Henri van Raatle, c. 1910
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
an unknown artist
Sarah Simpson, c. 1866
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014