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Gayfield Shaw, n.d.

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

Max Dupain part one

Recorded 1975

Max Dupain part two

Recorded 1975

Tim Storrier, 1980s

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

Hélène Kirsova in Petrouchka, 1936-1937

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

Hal Missingham, 1947

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003
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.

Hélène Kirsova, 1938

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

Hélène Kirsova with a rope, 1937

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

Ted Maloney, 1955

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Max Meldrum, c. 1937

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Max Dupain, Artamon, Sydney, 1979 (printed 2000)

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

Dupain detective

Johanna McMahon revels in history and mystery in pursuit of a suite of unknown portrait subjects.

Colin Lanceley, 1980s

Gift of Rex Dupain 2003. 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 James Vernon, 1978

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. 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.

Robert Haines, n.d.

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. 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.

Francis (Pat) Quinn, c. 1954

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. 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.

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.

Barbara Robison, 1935

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

Sydney Ancher, c. 1962

Gift of Rex Dupain 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Robert Hughes, 1996

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Geoffrey Graham, 1941

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. 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.

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 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.

Tamara Tchinarova, 1938

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. 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.

Herb Elliott, 1992 (printed 2008)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Douglas Dundas, 1930s

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. 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.

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.

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.

Kenneth Binns, c. 1940s

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. 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.

Joshua Smith, c. 1955

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Damien Parer, 1937

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

Rosemary Dobson, 1981

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

Lloyd Rees full face, 1979

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

Lloyd Rees from behind, 1979

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

Eugene Goossens, c. 1954

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

Tamara Tchinarova, 1938

Gift of Rex Dupain 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Vintage Max

Gael Newton delves into the life and art of renowned Australian photographer, Max Dupain.

Norman Lindsay, 1936

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Sydney Ure Smith, 1948

Purchased 1999

The Reverend Ralph Sutton, 1935

Gift of Reverend Ralph Sutton's daughters Arlene Howes and Megan Newman in memory of Ralph Sutton and in tribute to his wife Dorothy Sutton 2011

Keith Miller, early 1950s (printed 2008)

Purchased 2008

Damien Parer, c. 1939

Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Hera Roberts, 1936

Gift of Rex Dupain 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Arnold Haskell, 1937

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

William Dobell, 1943

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

Russell Drysdale, 1960

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2004
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Paul Beadle, c. 1950

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

Patrick White, 1987

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Geoffrey Graham, 1941

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

Tossy Spivakovsky, 1936

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

Chips Rafferty, c. 1945

Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Leon Gellert with mask, 1936

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

Francis Lymburner, c. 1946

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Ambrose Hallen, 1941

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

William Dobell, 1942

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

Francis Lymburner, 1941

Gift of Richard King 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Russell Drysdale, c. 1945

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Adrian Feint, 1939

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

Eleanor Dark, c. 1935 (printed 1940)

Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Hudson Fysh, c. 1950

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Maurice O'Shea, 1951 (printed 2003)

Purchased 2005

William Ashton, c. 1940s

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

Werner Baer, 1947

Gift of Richard King 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Eugene Goossens, c. 1954

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Patricia 'Bambi' Tuckwell (Shmith), c. 1952

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Elaine Haxton, c. 1940s

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
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 Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 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.

Dame Helen Blaxland, 1986

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

Dame Mary Gilmore, 1961

Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Ben Chifley, n.d.

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

Tessa Birnie, 1959

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Kathleen Barry 2009

June Dally-Watkins, 1949 (printed 2008)

Purchased 2008

Robert Emerson Curtis, 1943

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
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.

Sir Edward John Lees Hallstrom, n.d.

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.

Chips Rafferty and Helen Grieve, c. 1947

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

Walter Gropius and Harry Seidler, 1954

Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Patrick White and Manoly Lascaris, 1987

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

Clem Seale and Robert Emerson Curtis, c. 1944

Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

George Hoyningen-Huene and Jessie the Barmaid, 1937

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

William Hardy Wilson at Purulia, Warrawee, 1921 (printed by Max Dupain 1981)

Gift of the Simpson Family in memory of Caroline Simpson OAM 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

David Moore, Max Dupain and John Gollings, 1980

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2001

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.

Sylvia Davis-Patricelli and Anthony Patricelli, c. 1944

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

The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain), c. 1935 (printed 1999)

Purchased 2010

Max Dupain

During his long and distinguished career Max Dupain took thousands of photographs of people

Portrait 61

Max Dupain's unknown portrait subjects, phrenologist Madame Sibly, Indigenous-European relationships, Thomas Gainsborough and more.

Three Dimensional

Kate Gollings describes an encounter between three generations of Australian photographers; David Moore, Max Dupain and John Gollings.

Designing the modern world

Friendship, education, inspiration

A life shared

Wartime romance

Portraits for Posterity

Drawn from some of the many donations made to the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Portraits for Posterity pays homage both to the remarkable (and varied) group of Australians who are portrayed in the portraits and the generosity of the many donors who have presented them to the Gallery.

Dancer

From letting loose in the loungeroom to enthralling audiences on stage, this exhibition celebrates dance and dancers.

The Reflecting Eye

As the first National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition, The reflecting eye: portraits of Australian visual artists represents an important milestone in the history of Australia's National Portrait Gallery.

Noel Fraser Hickey, 1957

Gift of the artist 2021

Reveries

Featuring works by Australian and New Zealand photographers from the late 1970s up to the present day Reveries focuses on images made in the presence of or consciousness of death.

White Whiteley

Eleven works by Brett Whiteley, centred around his scintillating 'Patrick White at Centennial Park 1979-1980'.

Mirror With A Memory

This is the first major exhibition to examine photographic portraiture in Australia, from its beginnings in the early 1840s to the present day

A Tribute to William Dobell

Adapted from A Tribute to William Dobell an exhibition presented by the Australian National University's Drill Hall Gallery in association with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, The National Gallery of Australia, and the Australian War Memorial. Dobell is of course, celebrated for his achievements in portraiture, winning the Archibald prize (1943, 1948 and 1959), the Wynne Prize (1948), and representing Australia at the 1954 Venice Biennale. Curator Mary Eagle concludes her essay in the catalogue of the exhibition thus, "Overall I see a dissonance in Dobell’s art and life

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.

Ed Murrow, New York, 1956 (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.

A gift for all ages

The then Minister for the Arts and Sport, Rod Kemp, reflects on the value of the Cultural Gifts Program.

Depth of Field

Over the last five years the National Portrait Gallery has developed a collection of portrait photographs that reflects both the strength and diversity of Australian achievement as well as the talents of our photographers.

Reveries

The exhibition Reveries: Photography and mortality is a powerful display which brings together images that depict the last phase of people's lives.

A Captured Moment

The acquisition of David Moore's archive of portrait photographs for the National Portrait Gallery's collection.

Giving and getting

The exhibition Portraits for Posterity celebrates gifts to the Gallery, of purchases made with donated funds, and testifies to the generosity and community spirit of Australians.

Primed

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

Form and reality

A photographic portrait by Kerry Dundas captures the contemplative mind of visionary painter Godfrey Miller.

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.

Masters of Fare

Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores celebrates men and women who have championed the unique culinary characteristics and produce of Australia, enriching our lives with new ideas and new flavours over the past forty years.

First Ladies

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

Uncommon Australians

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.

Louise Whelan

I met Kaloti Parmjit the day I took the photo. I first visited the Sikh temple in the suburb of Glenwood to take photos as part of a social documentary project I'm undertaking for the State Library of NSW.

Bloodlines

Michelle Fracaro describes Lionel Lindsay's woodcut The Jester (self-portrait).

Portrait Donors

Talking heads

In their own words lead researcher Louise Maher on the novel project that lets the Gallery’s portraits speak for themselves.

Hall of mirrors

Naomi Cass, Director of the Centre of Contemporary Photography, in conversation with Anne Zahalka.

In profile

Penelope Grist explores the photographic instinct of four-time National Photographic Portrait Prize finalist Julian Kingma.

In and out of focus

Gael Newton looks at Australian photography, film and the sixties through the novel lens of Mark Strizic.

Petal to the mettle

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

Money for Myth

Australian character on the market by Jane Raffan.

Home and away

Sir William Dobell painted the portraits of Sir Charles Lloyd Jones and Sir Hudson Fysh, who did much to promote the image of Australia in this country and abroad.

Some prime ministers

Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.

You are who?

Joanna Gilmour reflects on merging collections and challenging traditional assumptions around portraiture in WHO ARE YOU.

The Bare story

Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be