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Greg Weight
Wendy Sharpe, 2000
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Mark Tedeschi
Wendy Sharpe in her studio, 2007
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Wendy Sharpe
Biography
Wendy Sharpe undertook art studies in Sydney between 1978 and 1984 and held her first solo exhibition at the Nicholson Street Gallery in 1985.
3 portraits in the collection
Wendy Sharpe
The Witching Hour - Elena Kats-Chernin, 2017
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2018
Anne Zahalka
Wendy Whiteley, 1993
Portrait, ilfochrome photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2021
Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Girl with Big Stick, Cooloman and Bird, 2022
Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers
Purchased 2023
Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
My Two Lovely Faces Looking at Each Other and Smiling for Love, 2022
Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers
Purchased 2023
Observation point
Magazine article by Wendy Sharpe, 2013
Australian artist and Archibald Prize finalist, Wendy Sharpe reflects on the art of portraiture.
Rhonda Sharpe
Biography
Luritja woman Rhonda Sharpe was born in 1977 in Alice Springs and is an artist working out of Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, in the Larapinta Valley Town Camp.
2 portraits in the collection
Wendy Whiteley OAM
Biography
Wendy Whiteley OAM (b. 1941) is recognised as cultural icon, gardener and activist, who first came to prominence as the wife of renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley.
1 portrait in the collection
Victor Greenhalgh
William McMahon, 1973
Portrait, ciment fondue
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Victor Greenhalgh
John Gorton, 1970
Portrait, terracotta
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Brett Whiteley
Self portrait, Paris, 1989
Portrait, pencil on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Lewis Morley
Brett Whiteley, 1974
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Victor Greenhalgh
Harold Holt, 1969
Portrait, cast bronze on granite base
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Rennie Ellis
Tim Burstall, Andamooka (filming of the Last of the Knucklemen), c. 1979
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006