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Sir Donald Bradman

Sir Donald Bradman

Sir Donald Bradman

Sir Donald Bradman, 1990

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor, 1999

Portrait, ink and watercolour on paper and acetate

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999

Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser, 1990 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries, 1971 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2010

Cathy Freeman

Cathy Freeman

Cathy Freeman

Cathy Freeman, 1994 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Robert Hughes - Nothing if not critical

Robert Hughes - Nothing if not critical

Robert Hughes - Nothing if not critical

Robert Hughes - Nothing if not critical, 2001

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2002

Archie Roach

Archie Roach

Archie Roach

Archie Roach, 1992 (printed 2010)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2010

Untitled, 2020 Steph Fuller

The look and the feel

Living Memory exhibition essay

General content

Editor Stephen Phillips looks at the finalists' photographs through a judge's lens.

Don Bradman

The creation of 'Our Don'

A portrait story that explores the life and times of legendary Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman.

Norman O'Neill and Bill Lawry coming out to bat for Australia vs South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Norman O'Neill and Bill Lawry coming out to bat for Australia vs South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Norman O'Neill and Bill Lawry coming out to bat for Australia vs South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Norman O'Neill and Bill Lawry coming out to bat for Australia vs South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 1964 (printed 2018)

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Robert Hughes - Nothing if not critical

Heart of Darkness

Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2002

Magda Keaney talks with Bill Leak about his bold new portrait of Robert Hughes in the National Portrait Gallery collection.

Simone Young

Conduct becoming

Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2017

Penelope Grist speaks to Bill Henson and Simone Young to discover the origins of the artist’s stunning photographic triptych.

Bill Leak

Bill Leak

Bill Leak

Bill Leak, 1984

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Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2011

Dressing for dinner

Dressing for dinner

Dressing for dinner

Dressing for dinner, 1992

Portrait, oil on plywood

Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait of Denton Corker Marshall

Portrait of Denton Corker Marshall

Portrait of Denton Corker Marshall

Portrait of Denton Corker Marshall, 2009

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

London, 1952 by Bill Brandt

Bill Brandt

A Retrospective

Previous exhibition, 2002

From Brandt's early work that documents fixed social contrasts of pre-World War II life in Britain to his later experimentation with a surreal style, this exhibition spans 50 years of Brandt's far reaching career in an extensive assemblage of 155 vintage gelatin silver prints from the Bill Brandt Archive in London.

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