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
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
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Australia's major abstract painter Yvonne Audette discusses her portrait of sculptor Robert Kippel.
The story behind two colonial portraits; a lithograph of captain and convict John Knatchbull and newspaper illustration of Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke.
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
Gift of the artist 2019 acknowledging Herbert Smith Freehills for supporting the creation of the portrait
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Tim Burstall (1927-2004) set up Eltham Films in the early 1950s, when the local film industry was moribund.
2 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Hetti Perkins (b. 1965), Arrernte and Kalkadoon curator, cultural adviser, writer and activist, began her career at the Sydney gallery of Aboriginal Arts Australia before joining the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative as a curator.
1 portrait in the collection
Purchased 2002
Brenda L. Croft (b. 1964), artist, curator, lecturer and freelance writer, is from the Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples from the Victoria River region in the Northern Territory, and also has Anglo-Australian/German/Irish/Chinese heritage.
3 portraits in the collection
Boyd’s self-portrait at age 25 is joined by his equally emotive portraits of those around him.
This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.
