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2023 Annual Appeal

In 2023 the Annual Appeal was focussed on a work by one of Australia's best loved and most successful portrait painters, Judy Cassab AO CBE, depicting model, entrepreneur and deportment icon, June Dally-Watkins OAM.

The Iconoclasts

Australian portraiture of the mid-twentieth century was rich with the influence of European modernism, exemplified by the work of artists including Arthur Boyd, Judy Cassab and Clifton Pugh.

June Dally-Watkins, 1959

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2023

The Iconoclasts

Australian portraiture of the mid-twentieth century was rich with the influence of European modernism, exemplified by the work of artists including Arthur Boyd, Judy Cassab and Clifton Pugh.

Women make history

Jennifer Higgie uncovers the intriguing stories behind portraits of women by women in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection.

Lady Lloyd Jones, 1952

Gift of Sarah Wood 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait of Charles Blackman, 1979

Gift of Warwick Evans 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait of Brenda Niall, 1997

Gift of Dr Brenda Niall AO 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Dr Stella Cornelius AO OBE, 1989

Gift of the Cornelius family 2019

Lady [Hannah] Lloyd Jones, 1970

Gift of Charles E. Lloyd Jones and Kim Lloyd Jones 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Flesh, figure and rock

Aimee Board traces Judy Cassab’s path to the Australian outback, arriving at the junction of inspiration and abstraction.

Portrait 60

Ralph Heimans on his portraits, and features on Louis Kahan, Helena Rubinstein, Judy Cassab and Tasmanian convicts.

Judy Cassab

Recorded 1962

Portrait Donors

Neville Jeffress, 1987

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Eileen M. Jeffress 2018

The alchemist’s profile

John Zubrzycki meets Australian paint pioneer Jim Cobb.