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Paul Kelly (b. 1955), singer, songwriter and producer, grew up in Adelaide and first performed in Hobart in 1974.
4 portraits in the collection
Aspects of singer songwriter Paul Kelly’s performance persona are communicated by portraits selected from a range of artists and leading music photographers in this focus exhibition.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2004
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Ian Darling 2013
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Westpac Group and Optus 2018
Dr Anne Sanders previews the works in the new focus exhibition Paul Kelly and The Portraits.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Brew-Bevan 2012
The story behind the creation of the portrait of singer-songwriter Paul Kelly by the artist Jon Campbell.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Edward 'Ned' Kelly (1855-1880), bushranger, is Australia's pre-eminent folk hero.
8 portraits in the collection
In early 1878, Ned Kelly was alleged to have shot at Constable Fitzpatrick when the latter came to the Kelly house to arrest his brother Dan.
1 portrait in the collection
Dirty dishes? Dirty deeds? Clean your slate with a limited edition bushrangers tea towel. 100% linen hand printed by Megalo print studio and gallery.
Kelly Dixon is one of Australia's best-known bush balladeers. His poems have been set to music by some of Australia's leading country music stars - including Slim Dusty, who recorded Kelly's classic "Leave Him Out There in the Longyard." Kelly's verses have been collected in the books From a Drifter's Pen and From Under the Cross.
1 portrait in the collection
Nathan Kelly (b. 1976), photographer, studied fine arts at the University of Sydney before being named as one of Australia's top 30 photography graduates by Australian Commercial Photography magazine.
3 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018