Take a close look at a portrait with a hidden message in its hands. For Year 7 – 9 students.
Learn about artist John Brack, who said that portraits involve three people: the painter, the sitter and the viewer. For Year 6 – 8 students.
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2018
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Stand by your man
An interview with the photographer.
View the full collection of portraits in the exhibition.
The Seekers, John Farnham and Lee Kernaghan
Brothers in harms
The perfect match
Defiant commitment
The eight photographers represent diverse styles, specialities and career paths. Abigail Varney, Peter Brew-Bevan, Martin Philbey, John Tsiavis, Michelle Day, Julian Kingma, and Giovanni Lovisetto.
This 1910 portrait of Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Roberts by Tom Roberts was brought into the Gallery's collection with the assistance of the Acquisition Fund in 2013.
Tiny token, big love
Denton Corker Marshall is based in Melbourne with offices in London and Jakarta.
The National Portrait Gallery will, next Tuesday, unveil an exciting new acquisition of irrefutable importance to all Australians. Portrait of William Bligh, in master’s uniform c. 1776, attributed to John Webber, is one of the earliest portraits of the contentious, historical figure, and extends the Gallery’s remarkable collection of early colonial portraits.
