Commissioned in 2018 with funds raised through the 2020 project
Robert Hannaford has completed around 400 portraits over the span of his career.
Andrew Sayers asks whether a portrait can truly be the examination of a life.
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
The Glossy 2 exhibition highlights the integral role magazine photography plays in illustrating and shaping our contemporary culture.
Following the success of Glossy: Faces, Magazines, Now in 1999 the National Portrait Gallery again highlights the huge array of contemporary portraiture in the pages of magazines.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Robert Dessaix 2000
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Robert Hannaford (b. 1944), a largely self-taught artist, grew up on his family farm before working as political cartoonist for the Adelaide Advertiser from 1964 to 1967.
6 portraits in the collection
Robert Dessaix (b. 1944) is a Hobart–based writer, translator and literary critic.
2 portraits in the collection
Julian Kingma (b. 1968) commenced his photographic career in 1988 as a cadet for the Herald newspaper in Melbourne, and later worked for the Sunday Age as Head of Features photographer.
11 portraits in the collection
