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Portrait of Mr Frank Packer

Vintage Cassab

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006

The oil portrait of Sir Frank Packer KBE by Judy Cassab was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.

The Butcher's Daughter, 2013 by Paul Raymond Beutel

The Butcher's Daughter, 2013

by Paul Raymond Beutel

Marea Gazzard

The Iconoclasts

In Gallery Three

Current exhibition

Australian portraiture of the mid-twentieth century was rich with the influence of European modernism, exemplified by the work of artists including Arthur Boyd, Judy Cassab and Clifton Pugh.

Sir Edward Eyre Williams

Sir Edward Eyre Williams

Sir Edward Eyre Williams

Sir Edward Eyre Williams, 1872

Thomas Foster Chuck

Portrait, albumen silver photograph, hand coloured on paper

Gift of Ross and Judy O'Connell 2016

June Dally-Watkins, 1959, Judy Cassab AO CBE

Annual Appeal

Support your Portrait Gallery

This year, the Gallery asked you to help us acquire a work by one of Australia's best loved and most successful portrait painters, Judy Cassab AO CBE.

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Ralph Heimans on his portraits, and features on Louis Kahan, Helena Rubinstein, Judy Cassab and Tasmanian convicts.

Marea Gazzard

The Iconoclasts

Now on display in Gallery Three

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Australian portraiture of the mid-twentieth century was rich with the influence of European modernism, exemplified by the work of artists including Arthur Boyd, Judy Cassab and Clifton Pugh.

Russell Page in Venice

Russell Page in Venice

Russell Page in Venice

Russell Page in Venice, 1997

Portrait, triptych of type C photographs on paper

Purchased 2002

Anne Lambert, actor by Stuart Campbell

Between Light and Shadow

Portraits by Stuart Campbell

Previous exhibition, 2011

The late Australian photographer Stuart Campbell produced superb photographs of Australian actors of stage and screen.

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Stuart Campbell

Stuart Campbell, born in Ballarat, became interested in photography as a student at Swinburne Technical College in Melbourne.

10 portraits in the collection

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Claudia Karvan OAM

Claudia Karvan OAM (b. 1973), actor, grew up in Sydney and made her first film appearances as a ten-year-old.

1 portrait in the collection

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HJ Wedge

HJ Wedge (1957–2012), Wiradjuri artist, was born at Erambie mission near Cowra.

1 portrait in the collection

June Dally-Watkins

2023 Annual Appeal

In 2023 the Annual Appeal was focussed on a work by one of Australia's best loved and most successful portrait painters, Judy Cassab AO CBE, depicting model, entrepreneur and deportment icon, June Dally-Watkins OAM.

Mungo MacCallum, press gallery cricket

Mungo MacCallum

Mungo MacCallum (1941–2020) was one of Australia's best-known political journalists.

1 portrait in the collection

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Claudia Karvan on the set of Love My Way,

Jimmy Pozarik OAM

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007

I dream of Sam Neill when I go to bed, 1986 Davida Allen

The actor, the artist, her life and her fantasies

Feeling sexy

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