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Chrissy Grishin

Chrissy Grishin

Chrissie Grishin (b. 1954), printmaker and painter, exhibits under the name of G W Bot, derived from an eighteenth-century French reference to the wombat as ‘le grand Wam Bot’ and adopted in tribute to the animal with which she has taken as her totem.

1 portrait in the collection

Chrissy Grishin

Chrissy Grishin

Chrissy Grishin

Chrissy Grishin, c. 1996 (printed 2012)

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Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Claudia Hyles 2012

Sasha Grishin

Professor Sasha Grishin AM

Sasha Grishin AM (birth date undisclosed) is the Sir William Dobell Professor of Art History at the Australian National University.

1 portrait in the collection

Sasha Grishin

Sasha Grishin

Sasha Grishin

Sasha Grishin, 1999

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Chrissy Amphlett

'I was never submissive'

An interview with the iconic Australian rocker Chrissy Amphlett.

Chrissy Amphlett

Chrissy Amphlett

Christina 'Chrissy' Amphlett (1959–2013), singer/songwriter, was best known for her energetic performances as the lead singer of rock band the Divinyls, often in her trademark school uniform and fishnet stockings.

1 portrait in the collection

Ms Natasha Grishin

Ms Natasha Grishin

Ms Natasha Grishin

Ms Natasha Grishin, 1996

Robin Wallace-Crabbe, Dianne Fogwell

Portrait, etching

Gift of the artist 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Chrissy Amphlett

Chrissy Amphlett

Chrissy Amphlett

Chrissy Amphlett "Temperamental", 1989

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on composition board

Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Divinyls performing on Countdown, n.d. Bob King

The Divinyls performing on Countdown

Chrissy Amphlett, Sydney, c.1988 Stuart Spence

Chrissy Amphlett, Sydney, c.1988

Andrew Sibley, painter, Sydney

Andrew Sibley, painter, Sydney

Andrew Sibley, painter, Sydney

Andrew Sibley, painter, Sydney, 1960

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, 1990

Portrait, brush and ink on paper

Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, 1990

Portrait, brush and ink on paper

Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Desert Island

Eric Thake

Eric Thake (1904-1982), printmaker, painter and photographer, trained at the National Gallery School and the George Bell School and showed with the Contemporary Group in Melbourne between 1932 and 1938 before serving as an official war artist in the RAAF.

7 portraits in the collection

The rock and the flies

The rock and the flies

The rock and the flies

The rock and the flies, 1952

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street, 1964

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

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