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2014-15 Acquisition Fund

Kristin Headlam's portrait of Chris Wallace-Crabbe was acquired with the support of the Circle of Friends in 2014.

Karl Friedrich Abel

Cyril Henschke in his tasting room at Keyneton, 1968

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Grant (No. 3 of Robert, Lindy, Grant)

Restlessness

Natasha Bieniek Most of Bieniek’s subjects are reclining, but none are resting – they have in the artist’s words a ‘melancholia, restlessness and uneasiness'.

2015-17 Acquisition Fund

From 2015 to 2017 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on Reg Richardson AM by Mitch Cairns, a finalist in the Archibald Prize 2014, and a great example of minimalist portraiture.

2020 Annual Appeal

In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.

Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best, 1943-1944

Purchased 2019

Martha Knox, c. 1855

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Peter Halliday in memory of Norah Knox 2010

Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling)

Born: 1979, Brisbane
Works: Brisbane

Annual Appeal

Love my way

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

Capturing Cook

In focussing on the importance of gifts in the building of the collection, prominence must be given to the most spectacular of the National Portrait Gallery's acquisitions; the portrait of Captain James Cook RN by John Webber R.A.