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Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall, 1971

Portrait, oil on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barrie and Jenny Hadlow 2015

Noel Fraser Hickey

Noel Fraser Hickey

Noel Fraser Hickey

Noel Fraser Hickey, 1957

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the artist 2021

JOH (The Hon Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen)

JOH (The Hon Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen)

JOH (The Hon Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen)

JOH (The Hon Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen), c. 1987

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas board

Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2003

Millicent Preston Stanley Vaughan

Millicent Preston Stanley Vaughan

Millicent Preston Stanley Vaughan

Millicent Preston Stanley Vaughan, c. 1945

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Judi Preston-Stanley 2013

Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists

Unboxed

Magazine article by Sandra Bruce, 2022

Sandra Bruce explores a new acquisition that has within it a story of interconnectivities in the Australian art world.

Billie, 2016 by Graeme Drendel

The Popular Pet Show

Previous exhibition, 2016

This exhibition expresses the joy and warmth that many of us derive from our animal companions, and celebrates their trusting, unpretentious ways, with portraits of Australians and their furry, feathered and fluffy friends.

Billie, 2016 by Graeme Drendel

Pets of all types take over the National Portrait Gallery

3 November 2016

Archived media releases 2016

It is not every day that a national gallery turns its walls over to the animal companions that bring unconditional love and joy to their owners but this summer we have opened the doors to 15 contemporary artists with very different ways of depicting our furry, feathered and scaled pets.

Lady Packer

Lady Florence Packer

Lady Florence Packer (1915-2012) was born in Paris to Edmond Porges, a major in the British Army, and his Russian wife Marie-Mathilde Brodsky.

1 portrait in the collection

Athol Shmith

Athol Shmith

Athol Shmith

Athol Shmith, 1985

Michel Lawrence

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Eileen, 2017 by Sue Healey, video: 6 minutes

Eileen, 2017

General content

Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video

Jean Bellette

Jean Bellette

Jean Bellette

Jean Bellette, 1937

Portrait, oil on composition board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

William Nuttall with horses in field

Darling Portrait Prize 2024

Previous exhibition, 2024

The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG.

Portrait of Brian Dunlop

Brian Dunlop

Brian Dunlop studied at East Sydney Technical College and won the Le Gay Brereton Prize for Drawing while still a student.

7 portraits in the collection

Lady [Hannah] Lloyd Jones

Lady [Hannah] Lloyd Jones

Lady [Hannah] Lloyd Jones

Lady [Hannah] Lloyd Jones, 1970

Judy Cassab AO CBE

Portrait, oil on masonite

Gift of Charles E. Lloyd Jones and Kim Lloyd Jones 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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Wilfred John Peisley

Wilfrid John Peisley, born in Bathurst, won a number of prizes at regional shows before gaining a scholarship to the East Sydney Technical College at the age of seventeen.

1 portrait in the collection

Lady [Hannah] Lloyd Jones

Lady [Hannah] Lloyd Jones OBE

Hannah Benyon Lloyd Jones OBE (1901–1982) was the third wife of Sir Charles Lloyd Jones, the chairman of David Jones from 1920 until his death in 1958.

3 portraits in the collection

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