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Graeme Inson (1923–2000), artist and teacher, was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales and educated at Canberra Grammar School.

6 portraits in the collection

Ivy Shore, 1961

Portrait, oil on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Harvey and Russell Shore 2014

Max Meldrum, 1951

Portrait, oil on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Shirley Greathead 2009

Chester Porter QC, 1997

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on board

Gift of Jean Porter and family 2021. Donated through the Australia Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Kevin Weldon, 1978

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Kevin Weldon 2012

The Hon E.G. Whitlam AC QC, 1980

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2002

Brian Fitzpatrick, 1953

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sheila and David Fitzpatrick in memory of their father 2008

Graeme Drendel

Graeme Drendel (b. 1953) is a Melbourne-based painter and printmaker.

1 portrait in the collection

Graeme Murphy AO

Graeme Murphy AO (b. 1950), choreographer and dancer, was co-artistic director of the Sydney Dance Company with his wife Janet Vernon AM for three decades.

3 portraits in the collection

Professor Graeme Clark AO

Magazine article by Graeme Dix, 2016

Graeme M. Clark AO (b. 1935) is Laureate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne and the Director of the Bionic Ear Institute.

3 portraits in the collection

Graeme Clark

In their own words

Recorded 2017

Portrait of Jill, 2021

Graeme Drendel

Portrait, oil on board

Gift of the artist 2023

Portrait of the Gallery

A design diary retrospective.

Professor Graeme Clark

'Scientific creativity'

Portrait story

Creator of the bionic ear, the Cochlear Implant, Professor Graeme Clark discusses his life and career.

Graeme Murphy, 1977 (printed 2002)

Lewis Morley

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Graeme Murphy, n.d.

Stuart Campbell

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the Estate of Stuart Campbell 2012

Mirror Mirror: Graeme Murphy, 2004

Paula Dawson AM

Portrait, holographic print etched on bronze disk on bronze figurine

Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by Ann Lewis AM and the Basil Bressler Bequest 2004

Graeme Drendel

Explore The Popular Pet Show

I like talking about Drendel’s pictures as if they expressed dreams of my own.

Graeme Blundell (on bike as Alvin Purple)

Graeme Blundell (on bike as Alvin Purple), c. 1973

Rennie Ellis

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2020

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Self-portrait in black jumper, 2017 Graeme Drendel

Be frank

Close encounters are the genesis for Graeme Drendel’s enticing portraiture.

Portrait of Professor Graeme Clark, 2000

Peter Wegner

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the family of Professor Graeme Clark 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Professor Graeme Clark, 2000

Peter Wegner

Portrait, etching on paper

Gift of the artist 2002

Professor Graeme Clark (profile), 2000

Peter Wegner

Portrait, etching on paper

Gift of the artist 2002

Reflections on a Hologram

Magazine article by Sam Bowker, 2005

Sam Bowker examines Paula Dawson's Mirror, Mirror - a holographic portrait of Graeme Murphy.

Portrait of Johnson Pilton Walker, Inside the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 25 Hours 31 minutes, 22-23rd of May 2009

Portrait of Johnson Pilton Walker, Inside the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 25 Hours 31 minutes, 22-23rd of May 2009, 2009 (printed 2010)

Ingvar Kenne

Portrait, type C photographs on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2009

Not your average teacher’s pet!

It's Complicated

Love versus art

Ivy Shore

Ivy Shore (1915–1999), painter, was born in Melbourne, daughter of a South Australian suffragette, Elka, and engineer John Williams.

2 portraits in the collection

Peter O'Shaughnessy OAM

Peter O'Shaughnessy (1923-2013), actor and producer, has produced many Australian plays and acted the major Shakespearian tragic roles both in Australia and overseas.

1 portrait in the collection

Lesley Moline

Previous exhibition, 2016

West Australian-born Lesley Moline (née O’Toole) studied at Perth Technical College before moving to Melbourne in 1933.

1 portrait in the collection

Peter O'Shaughnessy, 1947

Howard Matthews

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

The Popular Pet Show

This exhibition expresses the joy and warmth that many of us derive from our animal companions, and celebrates their trusting, unpretentious ways, with portraits of Australians and their furry, feathered and fluffy friends.

From letting loose in the lounge room to enthralling audiences on stage, this exhibition captures the experience of lives lived through dance.

Brooke Lockett, Heidi Martin, Karen Nanasca and Halaina Hills, NYC

Lisa Tomasetti

Image

Portrait 55

Summer 2016-2017

Magazine

Explore convict art, photography by Ruth Hollick and Collier Schorr, an interview with neurosurgeon Charlie Teo, portraiture on money, and more!

Janet Vernon AM

Janet Vernon AM, dancer, met her life and professional partner, Graeme Murphy, at the Australian Ballet School.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Kenneth Gillespie

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

Bob Barnard AM

Bob Barnard AM (1933-2022), jazz cornettist, grew up in a Melbourne musical family and started on cornet with a local brass band at the age of 12.

1 portrait in the collection

Steven Heathcote AM

Steven Heathcote AM (b. 1964), dancer, is The Australian Ballet's longest-serving principal artist from 1987 to 2007.

1 portrait in the collection

Kristian Fredrikson

Kristian Fredrikson (1940–2005) was a designer for opera, drama, ballet, film and television.

1 portrait in the collection

Bruce Spence

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and red ochre on canvas

Bruce Spence (b. 1945), actor, made his film debut in the title role of Tim Burstall's Stork (1971), its title relating neatly, if coincidentally, to his 2.01m frame.

1 portrait in the collection

2021 Annual Appeal

Annual Appeal

In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.

Annual Appeal

Listed by year

Honour board

Richard Walley, 2015

Dr Julie Dowling

Commissioned with funds provided by Neil Archibald and Alan R. Dodge AM, Brandon and Angela Munro, Dr Walter Ong and Graeme Marshall 2015

Kenneth Gillespie, 2005

Dean Beletich

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Purchased 2015

Akira Isogawa, 2001

Peter Brew-Bevan

Gift of the artist 2005

Steven Heathcote, 2007

Julian Kingma

Gift of the artist 2008

Peter Wegner

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Peter Wegner first participated in a group exhibition in 1977, when he had had no art training.

7 portraits in the collection

Kristian Fredrikson, 2000 (printed 2001)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Purchased 2001

Portrait 64

Summer 2019/20

Magazine

Marian Anderson, emerging photographer Charles Dennington, piscatorial portraits, and the poignant path of photographer Polixeni Papapetrou and more.

Akira Isogawa, 2003 (printed 2005)

Ingvar Kenne

Previous exhibition, 2005

Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Donors

$10,000 - $49,999

Honour board

Peter Brew-Bevan Portraits

In this exhibition Sydney based photographer Peter Brew-Bevan brings together an intimate collection of works that highlight his passion for the genre of portraiture over the last 10 years

Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE

Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE (1922-2019) ballerina and teacher, was scarred by her education in a Johannesburg convent boarding school and left her home on a Swaziland farm in 1939.

1 portrait in the collection

Akira Isogawa

Akira Isogawa (b. 1964), fashion designer, was born in Kyoto, Japan, and first came to Australia on a working holiday at the age of 21.

2 portraits in the collection

Graham Kennedy and the Seekers in Melbourne

Graham Kennedy AO