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Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Robin Smith (1927-2024) grew up in rural New Zealand, and studied arts and fine arts at Canterbury University before beginning to write and illustrate adventure and natural history stories.

1 portrait in the collection

Bill Northam, 1964 (printed 2004)

Robin Smith

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004

Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, 2007

Commissioned 2007

Justice Robin Millhouse, Maslin Beach, South Australia

Justice Robin Millhouse, Maslin Beach, South Australia, 1992-1993 (printed 2019)

Portrait, etching on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

(James Smith / Joshua Smith) Chain of being, 2023-2024

Emily Hunt

Purchased 2024

Robin Sellick

Robin Sellick (b. 1967), photographer, is well known for his distinctive portraits of Australian actors, musicians, politicians and athletes.

17 portraits in the collection

Gift of the artist 2019

Jeanne Little, 1994 (printed 2021)

Purchased 2021

Adam Scott by Robin Sellick

Portrait story

An interview with photographer Robin Sellick about his portrait of golfing champion Adam Scott.

Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd

Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd (1919-1971), was born and educated in Melbourne, and a member of the famous Australian family of artists and writers.

1 portrait in the collection

Robin Boyd

In their own words

Recorded 1962

Amanda Vanstone, 2002

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004

Molly Meldrum, 2004

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Lleyton Hewitt, 1998

Gift of the artist 2004

Adam Scott: at Sanctuary Cove Golf Course

Adam Scott: at Sanctuary Cove Golf Course, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Steve Irwin, 2005

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Shane Warne, 2006

Purchased 2006

Harry Kewell, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Mark Webber, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

John Newcombe, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

John Olsen, 1993

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004

Bert Newton, 2006

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2006

Robin Boyd, 1970

Mark Strizic

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Mr Don Baker, 1996

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006

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

Crikey!

Robin Sellick captured a rare moment of quietude from the late conservation star Steve Irwin.

Ms Natasha Grishin, 1996

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

Ms Sylvia Dropulich, 1996

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

Professor Anthony Milner, 1996

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

Dr Andree Rosenfeld, 1996

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

Professor John Passmore, 1996

Portrait, ink

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

Professor Patrick Troy, 1996

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

Professor Peter Karmel, 1996

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

Dr Virginia Hooker, 1996

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

Professor Bernhard Neumann, 1996

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

Professor Iain Wright, 1996

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

Professor George Dracoulis, 1996

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

Professor Iain McCalman, 1996

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

The golden girls: Jodie Henry, Lisbeth 'Libby' Trickett (née Lenton), Giaan Rooney, Alice Mills, Brooke Hanson, Leisel Jones

The golden girls: Jodie Henry, Lisbeth 'Libby' Trickett (née Lenton), Giaan Rooney, Alice Mills, Brooke Hanson, Leisel Jones, 2004

Magazine article by Christine Clark, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Celebrities on the field

Robin Sellick's portraits of Australian sportspeople include Harry Kewell, Adam Scott, Shane Warne, Mark Webber and John Newcombe.

Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia

Lady Jessie and Sir Donald Bradman, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 1992-1993 (printed 2019)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith studied sculpture with Rayner Hoff and took classes in drawing and painting at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School.

6 portraits in the collection

Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG

Portrait, oil on canvas laid down on masonite

Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG (b. 1978), former Australian Army soldier, is the recipient of the Medal for Gallantry in 2006, the Victoria Cross in 2011 and the Commendation for Distinguished Service in 2013.In 2017, Roberts-Smith’s military service came under scrutiny as a result of an inquiry – commonly known as the Brereton Report – into questions of unlawful conduct on the part of Australian military personnel in Afghanistan.

1 portrait in the collection

The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith

The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith, 1973

Eric Smith

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Eric Smith 2019

Dick Smith

Dick Smith (b. 1944), businessman, aviator, film-maker and explorer, developed interests in radio and the bush as a boy.

2 portraits in the collection

Eric Smith

Eric Smith (1919-2017), painter, was born in Brunswick, Melbourne, and trained in commercial art at the Brunswick Technical College before serving in the army during World War 2.

6 portraits in the collection

Julian Smith

Julian Smith, surgeon and photographer, came to Australia with his family from England at the age of three.

2 portraits in the collection

Tommy Smith

Tommy Smith (1916-1998), racehorse trainer, was born at Jembaicumbene near Braidwood, NSW.

2 portraits in the collection

David Smith

David Smith, painter, draughtsman, printmaker and teacher, was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, where he attended the Technical School and the Lowestoft and Norwich Schools of Art.

1 portrait in the collection

Will, 2010

by Martin Smith

Image

Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was one of Australia's most important twentieth-century art historians and an influential cultural commentator.

2 portraits in the collection

Sydney Ure Smith

Sydney Ure Smith, publisher, was responsible for the establishment of Art in Australia in 1916-1942 and the journals The Home and Australian National Journal.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Gerard Smith

Sir Gerard Smith (1839-1920), governor, was educated at Eton before purchasing a commission as an ensign and lieutenant in the Scots Fusilier Regiment of Foot Guards, with whom he served in Canada in 1863-1864.

1 portrait in the collection

Heide Smith

Heide Smith took up photography as a young girl in Germany in 1948, when her uncle gave her a Zeiss Ikon camera.

3 portraits in the collection

Beau D. Smith

Beau Dean Riley Smith is a Wiradjuri and Gamillaraay man, born in Dubbo.

1 portrait in the collection

Shirley Smith AO MBE