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Portrait of Professor Derek Freeman

Professor Derek Freeman

Derek Freeman (1916–2001) was an anthropologist. Born in New Zealand, he gained his doctorate from Cambridge before moving to Canberra in 1955 to work at the Australian National University.

1 portrait in the collection

Study for commissioned portrait,

Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC

Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC (1924-2022), physiologist, was born in Launceston and graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1947.

3 portraits in the collection

Portrait of Professor Derek Freeman

Portrait of Professor Derek Freeman

Portrait of Professor Derek Freeman

Portrait of Professor Derek Freeman, 1996

Ralph Heimans AM

Portrait, pencil and pastel on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001

Professor Derek Denton

Professor Derek Denton

Professor Derek Denton

Professor Derek Denton, 2009

Portrait, pastel on paper

Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Equation of a life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton

Equation of a life – a portrait of Derek Denton

9 September 2016

Archived media releases 2016

The National Portrait Gallery, has welcomed the newest portrait commission of Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC by Evert Ploeg.

Equation of a life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton

Equation of a life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton

Equation of a life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton

Equation of a life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton, 2016

Portrait, oil on linen

Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016

Study for commissioned portrait,

Study for commissioned portrait,

Study for commissioned portrait,

Study for commissioned portrait, "Equation of life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton", 2016

Portrait, print on transparency film

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016

Derek, 2022 The Huxleys

Derek

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Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby", 1998

Ralph Heimans AM

Portrait, pencil and crayon on paper

Gift of the artist 2001

Dame Margaret Scott

Dame Margaret Scott

Dame Margaret Scott

Dame Margaret Scott, 1949

Kenneth Rowell AM

Portrait, pen and ink, brush and ink and watercolour on paper

Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Leaving Lost, 2013

by Frazer Bull-Clark

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Finalist, MDPA 2013

Dame Margaret Scott

Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE

Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE (1922-2019) ballerina and teacher, was scarred by her education in a Johannesburg convent boarding school and left her home on a Swaziland farm in 1939.

1 portrait in the collection

Jessica Mauboy, 2018 David Rosetzky

Before hand

The private life of a portrait

Previous exhibition, 2020

Revealing the backstories behind the NPG collection, Before hand features interviews with artists and sitters as well as working drawings, scrapbooks, sketches and footage taken in artists’ studios and out on location.

Professor John Mulvaney

Professor John Mulvaney AO CMG

Emeritus Professor Derek John Mulvaney AO CMG (1925–2016), one of Australia’s foremost prehistorians, has often been described as the father of Australian archaeology.

1 portrait in the collection

Professor John Mulvaney

Professor John Mulvaney

Professor John Mulvaney

Professor John Mulvaney, 1984

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of John and Jean Mulvaney 2000

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