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Sir Lloyd Dumas, 1955

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Dumas Family 1999

Senator Nancy Buttfield, 1958

Gift of Senator Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Claude Charlick, 1961

Gift of Gladys Lock née Charlick 2012

The Saints, 1978 (printed 2018)

Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2018

A Pioneering Life

During her time in Australian politics, Dame Nancy Buttfield was an impressive advocate for equality for women and was responsible for ending the marriage bar for women in the Public Service.

Of Kings and men

This display celebrates 100 years of the Historic Memorials Collection and its role in commissioning portraits of parliamentary and judicial figures in Australia.

Empire records

Celebrates the centenary of the first national art collection, the Historic Memorials Collection, housed at Australia's Parliament House.

Robert Dessaix, 1998

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Robert Dessaix 2000
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Idle Hours

Idle hours is an exhibition of luxurious beauty. Paintings, prints and drawings represent subjects in quiet moods and situations arranged according to the time of day they depict - reading, drawing, snoozing, bathing, sewing, gardening, sitting, looking, making love and spending tranquil time with companions. Works in the exhibition range from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present.

Observation point

Tim Storrier describes the influences on the development of his artistic style.

Anatomist's eye

Robert Hannaford has completed around 400 portraits over the span of his career. 

Ed Sheeran

'Amy-Blue' (Amy Winehouse)

Ola Cohn, c. 1934

Purchased 2011