Glenn Murcutt AO (b. 1936), architect, received the world's highest architectural honour when he was awarded the Pritzker Prize in April 2002.
4 portraits in the collection
Gift of the artist 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Award-winning Australian architect, Glenn Murcutt describes the philosophy of his architectural practice and his minimalist portrait by Ken Done.
Iconic Australian artist Ken Done discusses his life and career as a painter.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rosemary and Robert Walsh 2006
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Dr Sarah Engledow writes about the gift of two striking paintings by the Australian artist Ken Done AM.
Gordon Glenn worked as an assistant cameraman on the television show Homicide before becoming the stills photographer for the pioneering Australian journal Cinema Papers.
3 portraits in the collection
Glenn McGrath AM (b. 1970), philanthropist and former Test cricketer, is one of international cricket's greatest ever fast bowlers.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Gift of the artist 2003
Purchased 2001
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Glenn McGrath makes a strong impact on the English batsmen and the walls of the National Portrait Gallery.
An interview with Glenn Homann, Finalist in the Living Memory National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Gay Bilson (b. 1944), writer and former restaurateur, trained as a librarian before moving to Sydney from Melbourne with her partner, Tony Bilson, in the early 1970s (the couple were never married, but had two daughters, and Gay has long used Tony's surname).
2 portraits in the collection
Purchased with funds provided by Jan and Gary Whyte, Brian and Barbara Crisp, Gloria Kurtze, Jonathon Mills and Lawsoft Pty Ltd 2011
This issue of Portrait Magazine features Frank Packer, unconventional portraits of Prime Ministers, Glenn McGrath, Sam Haskins, Steve Irwin and more.
Sally Robinson, born in England, studied at the National Art School in Sydney from 1970 to 1973, and in the following year took up a position as designer at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
3 portraits in the collection
Helen Edwards, a member of Portrait Artists Australia, has been a finalist in the Black Swan Prize four times, the Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize in Bega once and has been selected for the Salon des Refusés of the Archibald twice.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Kenneth Gillespie (1929–2010), dancer, teacher and founder of the Tasmanian Ballet, left his native Launceston at age sixteen to join the Borovansky Ballet in Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
John Farnham (b.1949) has sustained a successful career in the Australian music industry for more than 40 years.
1 portrait in the collection
Yousuf Karsh - the most famous portrait photographer in the world - has photographed the statesmen, artists, literary and scientific figures who have defined the 20th century and shaped our lives, In this, his 90th year, the National Portrait Gallery is thrilled to present an exhibition of Karsh's photography of 20th century figures.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Purchased 2015
Brian Cadd (b. 1946), singer/songwriter, had been a member of 1960s Melbourne band The Groop before forming Axiom, the band for which he wrote the hits 'Arkansas Grass' and 'A Little Ray of Sunshine' at the dawn of the 1970s.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.
David Ward writes about the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture on display at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington.
