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Professor Peter Doherty

Professor Peter Doherty AC

Professor Peter Doherty (b. 1940), immunologist, shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1996 for his discoveries about how the immune system recognises virus-infected cells.

1 portrait in the collection

Professor Peter Doherty

'Not your stereotypical scientist'

Australian Nobel Prize winner, Professor Peter Doherty, provides some entertaining insights into his career and the science profession.

Peter O'Doherty, 2013 by Stuart Spence

Peter O'Doherty, 2013

by Stuart Spence

Get Wet series (Peter O'Doherty), 1979 Paul Worstead

Get Wet series (Peter O'Doherty)

Creatures of Leisure series (Peter O'Doherty), 1982 Paul Worstead

Creatures of Leisure series (Peter O'Doherty)

Professor Peter Doherty

Professor Peter Doherty

Professor Peter Doherty

Professor Peter Doherty, 2001

Portrait, oil on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2002

Professor Peter Doherty

A Meeting of Great Minds

Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2002

The story behind Rick Amor's portrait of Professor Peter Doherty.

Creatures of Leisure

Creatures of Leisure

Creatures of Leisure

Creatures of Leisure, 1982

Portrait, 5 screenprints on paper

Get Wet Series

Get Wet Series

Get Wet Series

Get Wet Series, 1979

Portrait, five screenprints on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001

Self portrait with Spots and Veins

Chris O'Doherty

Chris O’Doherty (b. 1951), also known as Reg Mombassa, is an artist and musician.

2 portraits in the collection

Chris O'Doherty (Reg Mombassa)

Self Portrait with spots and veins

An interview with iconic Australian artist, Chris O'Doherty (otherwise known as Reg Mombassa)

Self portrait with Spots and Veins

Self portrait with Spots and Veins

Self portrait with Spots and Veins

Self portrait with Spots and Veins, 2003

Chris O'Doherty

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2007

Reg Mombassa aka Chris O'Doherty

Reg Mombassa aka Chris O'Doherty

Reg Mombassa aka Chris O'Doherty

Reg Mombassa aka Chris O'Doherty, 1995

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Reg, 2012 by James Brickwood

Reg, 2012

by James Brickwood

Self portrait with Spots and Veins

Mental as everything

Magazine article by Diana Warnes, 2006

Chris O'Doherty, also known as Reg Mombassa, is best-known for his Mambo imagery but he also paints a lot of self portraits.

Creatures of Leisure series (Reg Mombassa), 1982 Paul Worstead

Creatures of Leisure series (Reg Mombassa)

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