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Look Whales

Greg Weight

Greg Weight on working with Jiawei Shen, and starting out as a photographer.

About grace

Penelope Grist finds philanthropy and fashion underpin the story of Susan Wakil AO.

Portrait of Susan Wakil AO, 2019

Gift of Isaac Wakil AO 2019

Portrait Donors

Tribute: Mary Isabel Murphy

The Chairman, Board, Director and all the staff of the National Portrait Gallery mourn the loss of our Benefactor, Mary Isabel Murphy.

Shen Jiawei

Shen Jiawei was born in China. During the Cultural Revolution he laboured in the Great Northern Wilderness, but even as he worked there, he gained recognition as an artist. 

Recollections of a sinologist sitter

Professor Stephen Fitzgerald, Australia’s first Ambassador to China, traces the historical course from sino-australian cultural engagement to a maturing Australian identity.

Portrait of the Gallery

A design diary retrospective.

Lan Wang, 2011

Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM 2016

Jiawei Shen, 2011

Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM 2016

Gordon Darling

Gordon Darling talks about how Jiawei Shen came to paint his portrait.

History

How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be

Princess Mary

Artist Jiawei Shen describes the symbolism in his portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.

Lan Wang, Xini, Jiawei Shen and Billy, 2010

Purchased 2012

Of Kings and men

This display celebrates 100 years of the Historic Memorials Collection and its role in commissioning portraits of parliamentary and judicial figures in Australia.