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Montalbetti + Campbell
Louise Sauvage, 1996 (printed 1999)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 1999
Angela Brennan
Portrait of Louise Forthun in front of a Stephen Bram, 1992
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2021. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
May and Mina Moore photographic studio, Annie May Moore, Minnie Louise Moore
Alfred Hill, c. 1911-1913
Portrait, photograph on paper on card mounted on canvas
Gift of Catherine Dwyer 2021
Louise Hearman
Barry Jones, 2020
Portrait, oil on masonite
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC, Allan Myers AC KC and Maria Myers AC 2022
Louise Hearman
Richard Tognetti #1510, 2018
Portrait, oil and ink on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Peter Weiss AO 2018
Charles Wheeler
Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best, 1943-1944
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
Louise Sauvage OAM
Biography
Louise Sauvage OAM (b. 1973) is a four-time Paralympian who dominated international wheelchair track racing from the early 1990s.
1 portrait in the collection
Louise Hearman
Biography
Louise Hearman (b. 1963), graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1984 and has built her visual arts career over the decades since.
2 portraits in the collection
Louise Forthun
Biography
Louise Forthun (b. 1959), artist, works primarily in painting and printmaking and has an aesthetic and conceptual focus on the architectural landscape of Australia's urban environments.
1 portrait in the collection
Rudolph Buchner
David Low, 1917
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Julie Rrap
Blow Back, 2018
Portrait, pigment photographic prints on paper, hand ground glass
Gift of the artist 2024. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
W & D Downey
Lillie Langtry, c. 1885
Portrait, carte de visite photograph on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Colonel Kathleen Annie Louise Best OBE RRC
Biography
Kathleen Best OBE RRC (1910–1957), nurse and officer, grew up in Sydney where she completed nursing and midwifery training.
1 portrait in the collection
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait of Professors Margaret Gardner and Glyn Davis, 2017
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Jim and Barbara Higgins, Sir Roderick Carnegie AC, Rupert Myer AO and Annabel Myer, Louise and Martyn Myer Foundation, Peter and Ruth McMullin, Diana Carlton, Professor Derek Denton AC, Harold Mitchell AC, Peter Jopling AM KC, Andrew and Liz Mackenzie, Patricia Patten, Tamie Fraser AO, Bruce Parncutt and Robin Campbell, Lauraine Diggins, Steven Skala AO and Lousje Skala 2017
Emily Hunt
(Leila Waddell) Chain of being, 2023-2024
Portrait, etching on paper
Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Unpacked
Magazine article by Louise Cummins, 2022
Louise Cummins reveals the rich symbolism in Michael Peck’s photorealistic portrait of AFL legend and MND ambassador Neale Daniher.