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Leonard French, Heathcote, Victoria

Leonard French

Leonard French OBE (1928-2017) left school at fourteen to become an apprentice signwriter in his native Melbourne.

3 portraits in the collection

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Leonard French, 1980s (printed 2018)

Jacqueline Mitelman

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Leonard French, Heathcote, Victoria

Leonard French, Heathcote, Victoria

Leonard French, Heathcote, Victoria

Leonard French, Heathcote, Victoria, 1969 (printed 2000)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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

Rudy Komon and Leonard French, Beaumaris, Melbourne

Rudy Komon and Leonard French, Beaumaris, Melbourne

Rudy Komon and Leonard French, Beaumaris, Melbourne

Rudy Komon and Leonard French, Beaumaris, Melbourne, 1967 (printed 2000)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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.

L. Ian Roach

Leonard Ian Roach

Leonard Ian Roach (1925-2003), founding chairman of the Australian Stock Exchange, initiated the amalgamation of six stock exchanges, one in each State capital, into an Australian Stock Exchange in the mid-1980s.

1 portrait in the collection

L. Ian Roach

L. Ian Roach

L. Ian Roach

L. Ian Roach, 1994

Paul Fitzgerald AM

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Australian Securities Exchange 2012
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Jackie French

Jackie French

'What I was writing was fairly revolutionary'

Jackie French on starting writing at six years old, gardening and truth.

Jackie French

Jackie French

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 2022

Self portrait

George French Angas

George French Angas (1822-1886) was an artist and shell collector, who published many illustrations of the plants, native animals and peoples of the southern hemisphere.

2 portraits in the collection

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, 1846

George French Angas

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Purchased 1999

South Australian Illustrated (Plate 35)

South Australian Illustrated (Plate 35)

South Australian Illustrated (Plate 35)

South Australian Illustrated (Plate 35), 1847

George French Angas, Thomas McLean

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Jackie French

Jackie French

Jackie French

Jackie French, 1999

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Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Portrait of John Leonard, 2023 Elif Sezen

Portrait of John Leonard

Napoleon I – Emperor of the French, 2010 by Alexia Sinclair

Napoleon I – Emperor of the French, 2010

by Alexia Sinclair

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy, 1798

James Heath, G G & J Robinson

Portrait, engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Sasha Grishin

Professor Sasha Grishin AM

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

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