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Yvonne Audette, Vaucluse, Sydney

Yvonne Audette AM

The artist Yvonne Audette was born in Sydney in 1930 She lived for many years in Europe and America, where she developed her interest in abstract expressionism, working and living among some of the seminal artists of the 20th century..

2 portraits in the collection

Yvonne Audette, Vaucluse, Sydney

Yvonne Audette, Vaucluse, Sydney

Yvonne Audette, Vaucluse, Sydney

Yvonne Audette, Vaucluse, Sydney, 1968 (printed 2000)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001

Portrait of Robert Klippel

Portrait of Robert Klippel

Portrait of Robert Klippel

Portrait of Robert Klippel, 1980

Yvonne Audette AM

Portrait, oil on composition board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Robert Klippel

A bond of friendship

Magazine article by Yvonne Audette AM, 2005

Australia's major abstract painter Yvonne Audette discusses her portrait of sculptor Robert Kippel.

Statesmen, No. 4

Meeting by Murder

Magazine article by Yvonne Audette AM, 2005

The story behind two colonial portraits; a lithograph of captain and convict John Knatchbull and newspaper illustration of Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke.

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Yvonne East

Yvonne East was born in Meningie in regional South Australia and studied art at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, and the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

1 portrait in the collection

Yvonne Denise Kenny

Yvonne D. Kenny AM

Australian soprano Yvonne Kenny AM (b. 1950) studied science at the University of Sydney before deciding to pursue an opera career instead.

1 portrait in the collection

Doug from Eden, 2018 Yvonne East

Doug from Eden, 2018

Yvonne Denise Kenny

Yvonne Denise Kenny

Yvonne Denise Kenny

Yvonne Denise Kenny, 1999 (printed 2022)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2022

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC

The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, 2018

Portrait, oil on linen

Gift of the artist 2019 acknowledging Herbert Smith Freehills for supporting the creation of the portrait

Arthur and Yvonne

Arthur and Yvonne

Arthur and Yvonne

Arthur and Yvonne, 1993

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

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

Yvonne Alexander, Bar Maid, Sydney, 2022 Ingvar Kenne

Yvonne Alexander, Bar Maid, Sydney, 2022

My Two Sides, 2016 by David Anthony Knight

My Two Sides, 2016

by David Anthony Knight

Tim Burstall, Andamooka (filming of the Last of the Knucklemen)

Tim Burstall

Tim Burstall (1927-2004) set up Eltham Films in the early 1950s, when the local film industry was moribund.

2 portraits in the collection

Arthur Boyd in his studio at Bundanon

Arthur Boyd in his studio at Bundanon

Arthur Boyd in his studio at Bundanon

Arthur Boyd in his studio at Bundanon, 1993

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Arthur Boyd

Arthur Boyd

Arthur Boyd

Arthur Boyd, 1962

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

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