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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.

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L.J. Brown, 1955

Richard von Marientreu

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Marion McBeath Harper 2019

A look I’ve never seen before, 2014 by Ketakii Jewson-Brown

A look I’ve never seen before, 2014

by Ketakii Jewson-Brown

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

L Gordon Darling AC CMG

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015), former company director, was the Founding Patron of the National Portrait Gallery.

2 portraits in the collection

Gordon Andrews at Lovett Bay NSW

Gordon Andrews

Gordon Andrews (1914-2001) was one of Australia's foremost industrial designers.

3 portraits in the collection

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

Archived media releases 2015

The Chairman, Board, Director and all the Staff of the National Portrait Gallery mourn the loss of our Founding Patron, who died peacefully in Melbourne this morning. He was 94.

Gordon Shepherdson

Gordon Shepherdson

Gordon Shepherdson (b. 1934), painter, was a student of Molvig's and Sibley's in Brisbane.

1 portrait in the collection

Dorothy Gordon

Dorothy Gordon OBE

Dorothy Gordon (Jenner) OBE, ‘Andrea’ (1891-1985), actress, dressmaker, stuntwoman, journalist, radio broadcaster and charity fundraiser, grew up on a property near Narrabri and attended boarding school in Sydney before gaining a part as a chorus girl in Girl in a Train in Melbourne in 1912.

2 portraits in the collection

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Gordon Glenn

Gordon Glenn worked as an assistant cameraman on the television show Homicide before becoming the stills photographer for the pioneering Australian journal Cinema Papers.

3 portraits in the collection

Gordon Watson

Gordon Watson AM

Gordon Watson AM (1921-1999), pianist and teacher, taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music from 1964 to 1986 and was head of its keyboard department when he retired.

1 portrait in the collection

Gordon Andrews, Lovett Bay, Sydney

Gordon Andrews

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1974

Elizabeth

Darling Portrait Prize 2020

Previous exhibition, 2020

The Darling Prize is a new biennial prize for Australian portrait painters, painting Australian sitters. The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.

Joseph Brown

Joseph Brown

Joseph Brown

Joseph Brown, 1980

Portrait, watercolour and gouache on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists

Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists

Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists

Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists, 1996

Portrait, enamel on canvas

Gift of the artist 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Bob Brown

In defence of the 'leech ridden ditch'

Bob Brown discusses the events that occurred during the Franklin River campaign as depicted in his portrait by Harold 'The Kangaroo' Thornton.

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown, 2008

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Litja Brown

Litja Brown

Litja Brown

Litja Brown, 2021

Robert Fielding

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2022

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