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Louis Kahan AO
Robert Hughes, 1963
Portrait, mixed media on composite board
Gift of the Estate of Louis Kahan 2024. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Bill Leak
Robert Hughes - Nothing if not critical, 2001
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2002
Louis Kahan AO
Robert Hughes, 1962
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Purchased 1998
Louis Kahan AO
Robert Hughes, 1962
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1998
Rex Dupain
Robert Hughes, 1996
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
David Moore
Colin Madigan and Robert Hughes, Canberra, 1982 (printed 2000)
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
Will Dyson
Billy Hughes, n.d.
Portrait, pen and ink wash on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Nora Heysen AM
Robert H. Black MD, c. 1950
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
J H Barratt & Co Ltd, Stoke-on-Trent
Portrait of Mr W.M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, 1916
Portrait, photographic image on glazed ceramic tile
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ian Ross 2001
an unknown artist
Billy Hughes paperweight, n.d.
Portrait, cast iron, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ric Techow and Jenny Techow-Coleman in memory of Roy and Bet Techow 2001
Jiawei Shen
Hon Tom Hughes KC, 2001
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003
Mashman Bros Ltd
Billy Hughes bottle stopper, 1911-1921
Portrait, ceramic and cork
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Robert Hughes AO
Biography
Robert Hughes AO (1938-2012) was the senior art critic for Time magazine and one of Australia’s famous expatriates of the 1960s.
6 portraits in the collection
Robert Hughes Black ED BS FRACP
Biography
Robert Hughes Black ED MD DTM&H Dip Anth FRACP (1917-1988) was a world authority on malaria and Professor of Tropical Medicine in the Commonwealth Institute of Health, University of Sydney, for twenty years.
1 portrait in the collection
Jiawei Shen
Preparatory study of Tom Hughes, 2003
Portrait, brown chalk and pastel on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003
Jiawei Shen
Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC, 2001
Portrait, ball point pen on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003