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Portrait, holographic print etched on bronze disk on bronze figurine

Paula Dawson AM (b. 1954), artist and university lecturer, is an internationally recognised pioneer in the field of holography.

1 portrait in the collection

Mirror Mirror: Graeme Murphy, 2004

Paula Dawson AM

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

Reflections on a Hologram

Magazine article by Sam Bowker, 2005

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

Patrick Dawson

Patrick Dawson is believed to have been trained as a surveyor and learnt photography while surveying in Victoria in the 1850s.

1 portrait in the collection

Smoky Dawson

Herbert 'Smoky' Dawson MBE (1913-2008), entertainer, began his musical career in 1934 with a series of live broadcasts on Melbourne's Radio 3UZ - the first broadcasts of their kind in Australia.

1 portrait in the collection

Janet Dawson

Janet Dawson (b. 1935), painter, printer, teacher and stage designer, is known for her contribution to abstract art in Australia.

10 portraits in the collection

Self portrait, between 1951 and 1953

Portrait, oil on cardboard

Gift of the artist 2000

Janet Dawson

In their own words

Recorded 1965

Janet Dawson, Paddington, Sydney, 1966 (printed 2000)

David Moore

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

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.

Smoky Dawson, Sydney, 2004

John Elliott

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Bill Hunter, 1974

Portrait, charcoal on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Chris Dickins, 1983-1984

Portrait, charcoal on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Joseph Cotta, 1983-1984

Portrait, charcoal on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Joseph Cotta, 1984

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joseph Mathew Cotta and Gladys Maria Cotta 2016

Gladys Cotta, 1984

Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joseph Mathew Cotta and Gladys Maria Cotta 2016

Figurative foundation

Joanna Gilmour explores the life and art of the Australian artist Janet Dawson.

Michael with beetroot sprouting, 2008

Purchased 2015

Summer 1986, 1986

Explore The Popular Pet Show

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2000, part gift of Michael Boddy

Janet Dawson

When soulmates Janet Dawson and Michael Boddy moved from Sydney to a property, Boddy was clear about why: ‘Our marriage is one long conversation - we moved to the bush so we could talk to each other without so many interruptions.’

Professor Derek Denton, 2009

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on original lithograph title sheet

Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Australian Aboriginal Cricketers, 1867

Patrick Dawson

Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

Portrait 36

June - August 2010

Magazine

This issue features convict portraitists, Janet Dawson, Paul Grabowsky, Nam Le, the Present Tense exhibition and more.

Barbara Darling

Previous exhibition, 2002

Barbara Darling (1948-2015) was the first woman appointed a bishop in Victoria and the second woman to be made a bishop in Australia.

1 portrait in the collection

Angela Belgiorno-Zegna, 2001 by Salvatore Zofrea

Intimate Portraits

Intimate Portraits is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints that explore the less public side of portraiture

The Rt Rev Barbara Darling, 2008

Francis Reiss and June Orford

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Petite beauty marries gentle giant

Passion

Books, beets and heat

The Popular Pet Show

Previous exhibition, 2016

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.

Alfred Barry

Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Alfred Barry (1826-1910), Anglican bishop of Sydney and primate of the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, was educated at King’s College, London and at Cambridge.

2 portraits in the collection

Dr Alfred Barry, c. 1870

Sarony & Co

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Polly Borland on Michael Hutchence

In their own words

Recorded 2017

Geoffrey Parsons, 1972

Michael Shannon

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Les Rowe 1998
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

The Bishop of Sydney DD (Alfred Barry), 1884

Albert Fradelle

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Frances Perry

Frances Perry (1815-1892) met Charles Perry through her brother, a student at Cambridge, and after they married, the couple lived at St Paul’s Cambridge, where he was vicar, for six years.

1 portrait in the collection

William Howitt

William Howitt, woodcarver and sculptor, began his career in the UK, decorating ships’ interiors and working on ecclesiastical items.

1 portrait in the collection

Horace Keats

Horace Keats (1895-1945) came to Australia from his native England in 1915 as accompanist to vaudeville performer Nella Webb.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Henry Wylie Norman

Sir Henry Wylie Norman (1826–1904), governor and army officer, was born in London, the son of a merchant who conducted his business chiefly in India and the Caribbean.

1 portrait in the collection

Robert W. Pohlman

Robert Williams Pohlman (1811–1877), judge, arrived in Melbourne in 1840 and with his brother acquired a sheep station, Darlington (later Glenhope), near Kyneton.

1 portrait in the collection

William Jackson Hooker

William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), botanist, was the first Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in which capacity he had significant influence on the study of Australian flora.

1 portrait in the collection

Mr and Mrs Horace Keats in the "Christopher Brennan Cycle", 1945

Dora Toovey

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Anne and Brennan Keats 2009

Michael Boddy

Michael Boddy (1934–2014), writer and actor, was born in England and educated at Cambridge before arriving in Australia as a 'ten quid migrant' in 1960.

2 portraits in the collection

Lee Kernaghan OAM

Portrait photography by John Elliott

Lee Kernaghan (b.1964) is a country music singer and songwriter. Born in Victoria, son of travelling country music artist and impresario Ray Kernaghan, Lee Kernaghan grew up in the Riverina area of New South Wales.

1 portrait in the collection

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Honour board

Thousand Mile Stare

Previous exhibition, 2004

Thousand mile stare provides a unique portrait of people of rural Australia

Duke of Wellington, 1841

John Lucas

Portrait, mezzotint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

In the round

Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2009

Andrew Sayers outlines the highlights of the National Portrait Gallery's display of portrait sculpture.

The chase, 1952

Charles Blackman OBE

Portrait, tempera on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rob and Paula McLean 2011
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Michael Hutchence, 1997

Harry Borden

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Ron Mueck