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Professor Peter Doherty AC
Biography
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'
Portrait story
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
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Get Wet series (Peter O'Doherty)
Paul Worstead
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Professor Peter Doherty, 2001
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2002
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, 1982
Paul Worstead
Portrait, 5 screenprints on paper
Get Wet Series, 1979
Paul Worstead
Portrait, five screenprints on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Chris O'Doherty
Biography
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
Portrait story
An interview with iconic Australian artist, Chris O'Doherty (otherwise known as Reg Mombassa)
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, 1995
Greg Weight
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
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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.
Get Wet series (Reg Mombassa)
Paul Worstead
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Reg, 2013
by Steven William Siewert
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