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Dame Judith Anderson, 1962

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Ethel Anderson and her daughter, Bethia, c. 1912

Gift of Mrs SM Asplin 2011

Ethel Anderson and her daughter, Bethia, c. 1912

Gift of Mrs SM Asplin 2011

Judith Wright, 1988 (printed 2021)

Purchased with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC 2021

All in the Family

In 2000, Barbara Blackman donated a portrait of her close friends - poet Judith Wright, her husband Jack McKinney and their daughter Meredith - painted by Charles Blackman.

The family, c. 1955

Gift of Barbara Blackman 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Family

Meredith McKinney, subject of Charles Blackman's 'The Family', recounts memories from her childhood and the creation of the portrait.

Judith Inkamala, 1999

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

Big bouquet of Blackmans

Dr. Sarah Engledow explores the context surrounding Charles Blackman's portrait of Judith Wright, Jack McKinney and their daughter Meredith.

Make Hay, 2006

Michael Klim, 1999

Purchased 2000 with the assistance of staff of Old Parliament House and the National Portrait Gallery in memory of Matthew Guy Hinder (1967-1999)

Margaret Anderson, 1942

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Angry Anderson, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010

Determined, 2008

The line of fire

Michelle Fracaro examines the life of World War II nurse Margaret Anderson, whose portrait by Napier Waller is in the NPG collection.

Kyle Vander-Kuyp, 1998

Purchased 2001

Paddy Bedford, 2003

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sitter still

Jaynie Anderson reflects on her experience as sitter for Reshid Bey’s 1962 portrait.

Kylie

The Kylie exhibition celebrated the significant achievements of one of Australia's most internationally recognisable faces and gave the general public a rare glimpse into her glamorous life. 

The Seekers reunite 50 years on, 2011

Gift of Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Seekers, 1993

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Jaynie Anderson, 1962

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Jaynie Anderson 2015

Graham Kennedy and the Seekers in Melbourne, c. 1968

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

The activist A-list

Dr Sarah Engledow examines a number of figures in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery who were pioneers or substantial supporters of the seminal Australian environmental campaigns of the early 1970s and 1980s.

The Hon Gough Whitlam, Ossie Cruse and Michael Anderson, 1981 (printed 2003)

Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Judith Wright with Barbara Blackman, c. 1956

Gift of Joanna McNiven 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

A sketch for some portraits

Judith Pugh reflects on Clifton Pugh's approach to portrait making.

Gayfield Shaw, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Hon Lionel Murphy, 1978

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Lionel Murphy Foundation 2012

Potters' Portrait Pot, 2009

Commissioned 2009

Hermannsburg Potters, 1999

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

The Athlete

Friendship’s rhyme and reason

Poetic trio

Train travellers, 2012

Barbara Blackman, 2008

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barbara Blackman 2009

Literary lovers’ life liaison

Desire drives forbidden love

Geoffrey Graham, 1941

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

John Dease, 1941

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Maide Hann, 1943/1944

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Kenneth Binns, c. 1940s

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Miss Noleen Woodard, 1939

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait of Douglas Annand, 1941

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Maide Hann, 1943/1944

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Georgie Swift, 1941

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Chips Rafferty, 1945-1947

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

George Urquhart (Scotty) Allan, 1954

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Tamara Tchinarova, 1938

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Colin Wills, c. 1940s

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Hudson Fysh, 1951

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Douglas Dundas, 1930s

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Chips Rafferty and Helen Grieve, c. 1947

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Arnold Haskell, 1935

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait of Paul Gerber, 1947

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sylvia Davis-Patricelli and Anthony Patricelli, c. 1944

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Gordon Watson, 1964

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir Sidney Nolan, c. 1980s

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir Edward John Lees Hallstrom, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Francis (Pat) Quinn, c. 1954

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Dr Hugh Kingsley Ward, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir James Vernon, 1978

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir Edward John Lees Hallstrom, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Francis (Pat) Quinn, c. 1954

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Phyllis Shillito, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Antonia Blaxland, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Janet Vernon, 1986

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Robert Haines, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Neville Amadio, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Grant Mudford, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Gladys Marks, c. 1962

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim, c. 1958

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Girl (portrait of Barbara Blackman), 1969

Purchased 2009

2013-14 Acquisition Fund

This 1910 portrait of Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Roberts by Tom Roberts was brought into the Gallery's collection with the assistance of the Acquisition Fund in 2013.

Portrait 64

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

The right note

Marian Anderson’s glorious voice thrust her into stardom, and a more reluctant role as American civil rights pioneer.

Australians in Hollywood

Although perceived to be a recent phenomenon, the 'Aussie invasion' of Hollywood can actually be traced as far back as the early 1900s

Damien Parer, 1937

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

John Passmore AC, 1973

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Doris Passmore 2003

Professor Leslie Wilkinson, 1970

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

William Dobell, 1943

Gift of Danina Anderson, daughter of Max Dupain 2017.
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Hélène Kirsova, 1938

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Hélène Kirsova, 1937

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Helen Edwards

Recorded 2013

Professor A D Hope, Canberra, 1963 (printed 2000)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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.

Eugene Goossens, c. 1954

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Estate of Alan Boxer

Alan Boxer, public servant, academic and art collector, was schooled in Melbourne and gained his economic qualifications in Melbourne and Oxford.

Phillip Gudthaykudthay, 1986

Purchased 2005

Anne Boyd, 1977

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

John Hamilton, 1969

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Hamilton 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Noah Taylor, 1994 (printed 2010)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010

Dame Helen Blaxland, 1986

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

2012-13 Acquisition Fund

The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.

Tossy Spivakovsky, 1936

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Leon Gellert with mask, 1936

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

George Hoyningen-Huene and Jessie the Barmaid, 1937

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

2014-15 Acquisition Fund

Kristin Headlam's portrait of Chris Wallace-Crabbe was acquired with the support of the Circle of Friends in 2014.

Ben Chifley, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Kelly in the Guard's Van en route to Beechworth (from The Australasian Sketcher, 17 July 1880), 1880

Purchased 2017

Patrick White and Manoly Lascaris, 1987

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Annual Appeal

Drawing inspiration

Christopher Chapman absorbs the gentle touch of Don Bachardy’s portraiture.

Clifton Pugh

This exhibition offers a comprehensive display of Clifton Pugh's portraits revealing his development and growth from tonal paintings to a unique style that was in demand from politicians, artists, academics and Australian personalities.

Mr and Mrs Case, 1864

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Myles Nelson

It was definitely a candid encounter as was the expression on the face. It was constructed insofar as the image was deliberately taken from a distance so as to minimize intrusion and to magnify the effect of the image.

2015-17 Acquisition Fund

From 2015 to 2017 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on Reg Richardson AM by Mitch Cairns, a finalist in the Archibald Prize 2014, and a great example of minimalist portraiture.

2020 Annual Appeal

In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.

First Ladies

First Ladies profiles women who have achieved noteworthy firsts over the past 100 years.

2021 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.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009

In its second year at the National Portrait Gallery, and for the first time touring to other venues, the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 continues to present surprising perspectives on the nature of contemporary portrait photography.

Some women you may not know

‘Everybody’s lives are built by so many influences, and for me, it is writers, artists and activists who have influenced how I think about the world.’

Australian of the Year

The Australian of the Year Awards have often provoked controversy about who is selected and whether their achievements are remarkable.

Portrait Donors

Time and light

This sample of 56 photographs takes in some of the smallest photographs we own and some of the largest, some of the earliest and some of the most recent, as well as multiple photographic processes from daguerreotypes to digital media.

Desert Island Discs

I agonized over the choice of four songs to take with me to the ABC Studios for Alex Sloan’s Canberra 666 afternoon program, a sort of iteration of the old BBC Desert Island Discs.

2023 Annual Appeal

In 2023 the Annual Appeal was focussed on a work by one of Australia's best loved and most successful portrait painters, Judy Cassab AO CBE, depicting model, entrepreneur and deportment icon, June Dally-Watkins OAM.

Primed

Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.

Of human clay

The first collaborative commission has arrived. It's a self portrait, it's ceramic and it's from Hermannsburg.

No shirt, no service

Bon Scott and Angus Young photographed by Rennie Ellis are part of a display celebrating summer and images of the shirtless male.

Sideshow Alley

Death masks, post-mortem drawings and other spooky and disquieting portraits... Come and see how portraits of infamous Australians were used in the 19th century.

Poets' Portraits

The Portrait Gallery's paintings of two poets, Les Murray and Peter Porter, demonstrate two very different artists' responses to the challenge of representing more than usually sensitive and imaginative men.

Great Scots

Diana O’Neil samples the tartan treats on offer in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Noel McKenna

It’s a matter beyond dispute that in the entire history of Australian art, it’s Noel McKenna who’s painted the liveliest rendition of the head of a Chihuahua.

Prima facie

Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.

Donated duo

Dr Sarah Engledow writes about the gift of two striking paintings by the Australian artist Ken Done AM.

Petal to the mettle

Sarah Engledow lauds the very civil service of Dame Helen Blaxland.

Alwin Reamillo

Alwin Reamillo was born in Manila, Philippines in 1964. He studied painting at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, and began his career as a visual art teacher at the Philippine High School for the Arts.

In the galleries

Christopher Chapman highlights the inaugural hang of the new National Portrait Gallery building which opened in December 2008.

Rock star

Jennifer Coombes explores the lush images of Picnic at Hanging Rock, featuring Anne-Louise Lambert’s Miranda, the face of the film. 

Past present

Krysia Kitch celebrates Oodgeroo Noonuccal.

Worth her salt

Jerrold Nathan's portrait of Jessie Street shows the elegant side of a many-faceted lady.

Self-effacing

Michael Wardell samples the fare in the University of Queensland National Self-portrait Prize.

A feast of friends

John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.

Naked nostalgia

Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.

The Rothschilds, the Montefiores, and the Victorian Gold Rush

Some years ago my colleague Andrea Wolk Rager and I spent several days in the darkened basement of a Rothschild Bank, inspecting every one of the nearly 700 autochromes created immediately before World War I by the youthful Lionel de Rothschild.