Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Barbara and Jim Higgins 2010
Drawn from the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Face the Music explores the remarkable talents and achievements of Australian musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities associated with the music industry.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Australia has become recognised for the range and talent of its musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities in general associated with the music industry
Barbara Tribe was born in Sydney, where she enrolled at East Sydney Technical College at the age of fifteen.
4 portraits in the collection
Anne Levy AO (b. 1934) was the first female ever to preside in an Australian parliament.
1 portrait in the collection
Kate Grenville completed an arts degree at the University of Sydney and worked as a film editor before spending several years in the UK and Europe, where she began to write.
2 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Anne Levy AO 2014
The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lin Bloomfield 2017
The Australian of the Year Awards have often provoked controversy about who is selected and whether their achievements are remarkable.
John Connell (c. 1759–1849), free settler, merchant and landowner, came to New South Wales aboard the Earl Cornwallis, which arrived in Sydney in June 1801.
1 portrait in the collection
George Hurrell, born in Kentucky, began his working life studying painting at the Art Institute of Chicago.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Joan Connery OAM 2020
