Peter Purves Smith (1912–1949), artist, went to Geelong Grammar with his lifelong friend Russell Drysdale.
2 portraits in the collection
Bequest of Lady Maisie Drysdale 2001
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Bequest of Lady Maisie Drysdale 2001
Australian Galleries Director Stuart Purves tells the story of two portraits by John Brack.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Eve 2013
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2004
Eric Smith describes the agony and finally the ecstasy of winning the 1982 Archibald Prize with the portrait of Peter Sculthorpe.
Thomas Purves (1909-1969), known as Tam, founded the Australian Galleries in Smith Street, Collingwood, Melbourne with his wife Anne in 1956.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Sculptor Peter Schipperheyn talks about working with marble and his portrait of Peter Garrett.
Gift of the artist 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Joshua Smith studied sculpture with Rayner Hoff and took classes in drawing and painting at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School.
5 portraits in the collection
Eric Smith (1919-2017), painter, was born in Brunswick, Melbourne, and trained in commercial art at the Brunswick Technical College before serving in the army during World War 2.
6 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Eric Smith 2019
Dick Smith (b. 1944), businessman, aviator, film-maker and explorer, developed interests in radio and the bush as a boy.
2 portraits in the collection
Julian Smith, surgeon and photographer, came to Australia with his family from England at the age of three.
2 portraits in the collection
