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Bert Newton AM MBE

Biography

Bert Newton AM MBE (b. 1938) is one of Australia's longest-serving and best-known television personalities.

1 portrait in the collection

Bert Newton, 2006 Robin Sellick

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Bert Flugelman

Biography

Herbert 'Bert' Flugelman, sculptor, painter and lecturer, came to Australia from his native Vienna in 1938, aged fifteen.

1 portrait in the collection

Self portrait, c. 1985 Bert Flugelman

Portrait, stainless steel

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2009
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Paul Newton

Biography

Paul Newton (b. 1961), is a Sydney-based portrait painter noted for his ability to capture likeness and sensibility.

6 portraits in the collection

Helmut Newton

Biography

Helmut Newton was born and grew up in Berlin, which he fled in 1938 to escape persecution as a Jew.

1 portrait in the collection

Olivia Newton-John, 1978 (printed 2017) Gary Heery

Olivia Newton-John AO OBE

Biography

Olivia Newton-John AO OBE (b. 1948) came to Australia as a five-year-old with her father, Brin Newton John, who had worked on the Enigma project at Bletchley, and her mother, Irene Born, who was the daughter of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born.