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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Carla Zampatti

Vale Carla Zampatti AC

Archived media releases 2021

The National Portrait Gallery is deeply saddened by the news of the untimely death of Carla Zampatti AC, an Australian icon and a woman who contributed so significantly to defining the identity and style of Australian women.

Desert Island

Eric Thake

Eric Thake (1904-1982), printmaker, painter and photographer, trained at the National Gallery School and the George Bell School and showed with the Contemporary Group in Melbourne between 1932 and 1938 before serving as an official war artist in the RAAF.

7 portraits in the collection

William - Aspendale

William - Aspendale

William - Aspendale

William - Aspendale, 1966 (printed 2015)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Gift of the artist 2015

The rock and the flies

The rock and the flies

The rock and the flies

The rock and the flies, 1952

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street, 1964

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

Epstein/Einstein? I can never remember!

Epstein/Einstein? I can never remember!

Epstein/Einstein? I can never remember!

Epstein/Einstein? I can never remember!, 1962

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

Mr Thake - Dr So and So

Mr Thake - Dr So and So

Mr Thake - Dr So and So

Mr Thake - Dr So and So, 1959

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

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Jim Paterson

Jim Paterson, painter, printmaker and sculptor, was born in Melbourne and completed his diploma in Fine Arts at Prahran Technical College in 1969.

1 portrait in the collection

Figure in a rocky landscape

Figure in a rocky landscape

Figure in a rocky landscape

Figure in a rocky landscape, 1965

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Peter Van Sommers 2011

Self portrait among the ant hills

Self portrait among the ant hills

Self portrait among the ant hills

Self portrait among the ant hills, 1950

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Peter Van Sommers 2011

Desert Island

Desert Island

Desert Island

Desert Island, 1967

Portrait, linocut on paper

Gift of Professor Peter Van Sommers 2011

Portrait of Elizabeth Jolley

Portrait of Elizabeth Jolley

Portrait of Elizabeth Jolley

Portrait of Elizabeth Jolley, 2003

Portrait, oil on composition board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2003

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, c. 1948

Portrait, conté crayon on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC 2010

Mirka - 9 Collins Street

Wicked but Virtuous

About Face article

Faith Stellmaker shares pioneering artist and restaurateur Mirka Mora’s lasting legacy on Melbourne’s art, dining and culture.

Mirka and Philippe - 9 Collins Street

Philippe Mora

Philippe Mora (b. 1949), filmmaker, artist and writer, is the eldest son of artist Mirka Mora and restauranteur and gallery owner Georges Mora.

1 portrait in the collection

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Robert Whitaker

Robert Whitaker, English photographer, spent three years in Melbourne in the early 1960s, becoming friends with Mirka and Georges Mora, Barry Humphries, Germaine Greer, the Heide crowd and Martin Sharp and Richard Neville.

1 portrait in the collection

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