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Hugh Jackman by Vincent Fantauzzo

Vincent Fantauzzo on painting his portrait of Hugh Jackman.

Balancing Act, 2019

Malcolm McCusker & Vincent Fantauzzo

Malcolm McCusker talks with artist Vincent Fantauzzo about starting out as a lawyer and becoming Governor of Western Australia.

Vincent Fantauzzo on Hugh Jackman

Recorded 2021

Hugh Jackman, 2020

Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation and Paul Dainty AM and Donna Dainty 2020

Malcolm McCusker AC CVO KC, 2022

Gift of Nigel Satterley AM and Denise Satterley 2022

Portrait story

Artist Vincent Fantauzzo on dyslexia, connection and virtual sittings with Hugh Jackman.

Albert and Vincent, 2024

Purchased with funds provided by the Calvert-Jones Foundation, Liangis Family Foundation and the Portrait Dinner Series 2024

Albert and Vincent

Studio self-portrait

Studio self-portrait

Everything, everyqueer, all at once

Bradley Vincent considers Samuel Hodge’s use of the archive to create a queer vernacular of portraiture.

George Lambert in London, c. 1912

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Sir Vincent Fairfax, 1981

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hand of traditional land owner Vincent Lingiari, 1975

Purchased 2000

A handful of sand

Ellen Kent examines the portrait of Vincent Lingiari and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam taken by photographer Mervyn Bishop.

Phil (Phil May), 1895

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

H. Searle Professional Champion Sculler of the World (Henry Searle), 1889

Purchased 2014

Ducker (Douglas Hamilton McLean), 1897

Purchased 2015

Round the World (Thomas Brassey), 1877

Purchased 2015

Australian Cricket (George John Bonnor), 1884

Purchased 2013

a Postmaster General (Sir James Fergusson), 1892

Purchased 2014

a squatter (Sir Samuel Wilson), 1885

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

The Demon bowler (Frederick Robert Spofforth), 1878

Purchased 2002

The Demon bowler (Frederick Robert Spofforth), 1878

Purchased 2015

Sydney (Sir Daniel Cooper), 1882

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

Aldershot Cavalry (Major General Reginald Talbot), 1897

Purchased 2013

The Cape of Good Hope ( Sir Henry Barkly), 1887

Purchased 2015

Police (Lieut Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson), 1875

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

A Cimiez. Promenade matinale (Queen Victoria), 1897

Purchased 2015

International Penny Postage (Mr John Henniker Heaton MP), 1887

Gift of Ronald Walker 2002

Australia (Sir Edmund Barton), 1902

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

Chelsea Hospital (Sir Henry Wylie Norman), 1903

Purchased 2015

Westralia (Mr Albert Frederick Calvert), 1895

Gift of Ronald Walker 2002

Saide, R.Y.S. (Charles Gibson Millar), 1894

Purchased 2015

Sammy (Samuel Wood), 1892

Purchased 2010

Fetteresso (Sir Robert Duff), 1883

Purchased 2015

The Australian Commonwealth (Henry Stafford Northcote), 1904

Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

The Cape High Commissioner (Sir Henry Brougham Loch), 1894

Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

fresh from the Channel Fleet (Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson), 1901

Purchased 2015

W. A. (Sir John Forrest), 1897

Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

New South Wales (Earl Beauchamp), 1899

Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Charlie (Lord Charles Robert Carrington), 1874

Purchased 2013

Kismet (Mr Oscar Asche), 1912-1913

Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Candidate for Chelsea (9th Earl of Kintore), 1880

Purchased 2015

New South Wales (Earl of Jersey Victor Albert George Child-Villiers), 1890

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

Western Australia (Sir Frederick Bedford), 1903

Purchased 2015

First Conservative Whip (Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP), 1903

Gift of Ronald Walker 2002

The Lord Chamberlain (Earl of Hopetoun John Adrian Louis Hope), 1900

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

a Traveller (2nd Baron Lamington), 1892

Purchased 2015

Vincent, 2012

Portrait 68

Rebecca Ray on Robert Fielding’s Mayatjara series, Jennifer Higgie on Alice Neel, Elspeth Pitt chats with Yvette Coppersmith, Vincent Fantauzzo on virtual sittings with Hugh Jackman and more.

Never let you go

Country, culture, connection

Portrait 24

This issue of Portrait Magazine features Robert Hannaford, Walter Lindrum, John Brack, judicial portraits, Vincent Lingiari and more.

Help warm the Canberra community

National Portrait Gallery and the St Vincent de Paul Society are asking Canberrans to pick up their knitting needles and crochet hooks to create warm winter scarves to assist people in need.

Australian Love Stories

A major new exhibition celebrating love in all its guises. Opening 20 March 2021.

Study for a portrait of Alex Wodak, 2003

Gift of Dr Jack Wodak 2006. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Dr Edward MacMahon, 1959

Gift of the MacMahon family in affectionate memory of Edward MacMahon and William Dobell 2015. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Harriet Schwarzrock: spaces between movement and stillness

To celebrate the new exhibition Australian Love Stories, renowned Australian glass artist Harriet Schwarzrock has been commissioned to make a large-scale installation reflecting on the role the heart plays as our emotional centre.

WHO ARE YOU

Featuring 130 works across painting, film, photography, screen printing, sculpture, and then some – it explores our inner worlds, outer selves, intimacy, isolation, celebrity and more.

Portrait of Elioth Gruner, c. 1922

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Vincent Day and John Bradley 2017

Australian Love stories

Reconnect and reflect with our new major exhibition, Australian Love Stories (in real life!) as we explore love, affection and connection in all its guises.

Coral Browne, 1975

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

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

The National Portrait Prizes

The National Portrait Gallery today announced finalists for the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize, a national new $75,000 prize for Australian portrait painting, and released selected images from the final prize pool for the popular National Photography Portrait Prize.

Sir Warwick Fairfax, 1981

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Horatio Nelson

The Surgeon (Dr Julian Smith), 1934

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Tim Storrier, 1995

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

Icons and Identities

It’s often thought that foremost among portraiture’s many functions is the documentation of individuals who are celebrated and familiar, or who best exemplify the temper and identity of a certain place at a certain time.

Gnoung-a-gnoung-a Mour-re-mour-ga (dit Collins), 1807-1817

Purchased 2009

Dan Sultan, 2011

Purchased with funds provided by Ruth and Peter McMullin 2013

Tim Fairfax AC, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2018

Gooseberry, widow of King Bungaree, 1836

Gift of Dr Robert Edwards AO 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Acacius (Stigmata) - Tony Carden, 1991

Gift of Lesley Saddington 2015

NPPP 2013 exhibition essay

Joanna Gilmour, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2013 Prize.

Surface tension

Joanna Gilmour on the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2013.

Sir Ian McLennan, c. 1978

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

National Youth Self Portrait Prize

An annual event, the National Youth Self Portrait Prize seeks to encourage young people to embrace self portraiture and its expressive possibilities.

Sir Ian Potter, 1973

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Primrose Potter 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Paul Cox, 2015

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2015

Dan the man

Martin Philbey’s portrait of Dan Sultan.

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

Collection: Icons

When a portrait communicates determination and individuality as boldly as these do, it has the potential to become an iconic image. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.

The Fairfax Gift

This article examines the portraits gifted to the National Portrait Gallery by Fairfax Holdings in 2003.

Primed

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

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

The champs

Two lively portrait photographs reflect the agility of their subjects: world champion Australian sportsmen Lionel Rose and Anthony Mundine.

Icons

When a portrait communicates determination and individuality as boldly as these do, it has the potential to become an iconic image. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.

Tim Fairfax, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2018

Australian Visit

The exhibition will include works of art from the NPG Canberra's permanent collection with some inward loans and aims to highlight the achievements of notable Australians.

Catholic clergymen from the Diocese of Adelaide, c. 1862

Purchased 2018

Private practice

Australian of the Year

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

Bill and Ted's excellent portrait.

Sarah Engledow on Messrs Dobell and MacMahon and the art of friendship.

Stigma stigmata

Angus Trumble provides poignant context for Aña Wojak’s portrait of Tony Carden.

Vintage Cassab

The oil portrait of Sir Frank Packer KBE by Judy Cassab was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.

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.

My dream job

Artist David M Thomas lists some of the ideas and influences behind his video portraits.

Indexing, the art of

The first index I created was for my first book, and, to my astonishment, that was almost twenty-five years ago.

Oz and beyond

Martin Sharp fulfils the Pop art idiom of merging art and life.

Foundation Members

Chairman Sid Myer AM, Hayley Baillie, Tim Bednall, Jillian Broadbent AC, Patrick Corrigan AM, Marilyn Darling AC, Tim Fairfax AC, Sam Meers AO, John Liangis, Dr Helen Nugent AC and Nigel Satterley AM.

Of beef in burgundy

Angus Trumble reveals the complex technical mastery behind a striking recent acquisition, Henry Bone’s enamel portrait of William Manning.

Birds of a feather

Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.

You are who?

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

Drawing inspiration

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

A potpourri of portraits

Archie 100 curator (and detective) Natalie Wilson’s nationwide search for Archibald portraits unearthed the fascinating stories behind some long-lost treasures.

Beguiling impressions

Sarah Engledow is seduced by the portraits and the connections between the artists and their subjects in the exhibition Impressions: Painting light and life.

What price self?

Jane Raffan investigates auction sales of self portraits nationally and internationally.

Love my way

Inga Walton delves into the bohemian group of artists and writers who used each other as muses and transformed British culture.

Some prime ministers

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

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