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Peter Russell-Clarke
Biography
The first Australian celebrity chef, Peter Russell-Clarke (1935–2025) became a household name in the 1980s with his ABC TV cooking show Come and Get It.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter Russell-Clarke
'Use whatever colour you like'
Portrait story
Peter Russell-Clarke on colour in painting and cooking.
Peter Russell-Clarke
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2022
Self portrait, 2004
Peter Russell-Clarke
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
The New Arrivals at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, 1941
Russell Drysdale
Portrait, pen and pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Bequest of Lady Maisie Drysdale 2001
Inspiration + Realisation: Peter Wegner
Magazine article by Katherine Russell, 2006
Peter Wegner's approach to portraiture could be considered a visual record of the rapport, the dynamic space between artist and subject.
Russell Drysdale and Peter Sculthorpe, Tallow Beach, New South Wales, 1969 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver 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
Thomas and John Clarke, bushrangers, photographed in Braidwood Gaol, 1867
an unknown artist
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on laid down on a section cut from a nineteenth century album page
Purchased 2019
John Clarke
Biography
John Clarke (1948-2017), satirist and humourist, moved to Australia in the 1970s from New Zealand, where he had begun performing in university revues and was named Entertainer of the Year in 1976.
3 portraits in the collection
Mentor Harley Manifold
Matthew Clarke
Image
Sarah-Jane Clarke AM
Biography
Sarah-Jane 'Sass' Clarke AM (b. 1974) and Heidi 'Bide' Middleton AM (b.
1 portrait in the collection
David Clarke, 1995 (printed 2018)
Gary Ede
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2018
John Clarke, 2004
Julian Kingma
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Fred Dagg (John Clarke), 1982
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Humour’s warm refuge
Magazine article by Angus Trumble, 2017
Angus Trumble pays tribute to John Clarke.
Portrait of Heidi Middleton and Sarah-Jane Clarke (Sass & Bide), 2008
Deborah Paauwe
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2008