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Michael O'Loughlin
Michael O'Loughlin
Michael O'Loughlin

Michael O'Loughlin, c. 2000

Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878)
The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878)
The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878)

The Bushranger Tragedy (from The Australasian Sketcher, 23 November 1878), 1878

an unknown artist, The Australasian Sketcher
Portrait, wood engraving on paper

Purchased 2003

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Michael Desmond

Biography

Michael Desmond worked at the National Portrait Gallery first as Senior Curator from 2006 to 2011 then as Deputy Director until 2012.

Michael Peck

'I've been interested in realism for forever'
Portrait story

Artist Michael Peck describes the evolution of his painting style and the creation of his striking portrait of Neale Daniher.

Michael Hutchence

Polly Borland on Michael Hutchence

In their own words
In their own words

Recorded 2017

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