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Nick Cave

The Amazing Face: a 14-day Dive into Portraiture

Archived media releases 2020

The National Portrait Gallery is offering a free online class on the art of portraiture from April 28.
Dillon Kombumerri

Dillon Kombumerri

Biography

Dillon Kombumerri is a Yugembir man who grew up on Minjerriba (North Stradbroke Island).

1 portrait in the collection

Rick Carey, WA

Rick Carey

Biography

Rick and Thelma Carey comprise Australian country music's most famous double act, Rick and Thel.

1 portrait in the collection

Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob

Biography

Us Mob were an Aboriginal rock band active in the 1970s and 1980s. The band's members Rodney Ansell, Pedro Butler, Carroll Karpany and Wally McArthur formed the band at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music in Adelaide.

2 portraits in the collection

Pro Hart & Associates
Pro Hart & Associates
Pro Hart & Associates

Pro Hart & Associates, 2004

Nick Young
Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Rick Carey, WA
Rick Carey, WA
Rick Carey, WA

Rick Carey, WA, 1998 (printed 2004)

John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill
Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill
Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill

Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill, 2005

Ian Jennings
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Self portrait

Elegance in exile

Portrait drawings from colonial Australia
Previous exhibition, 2012

Elegance in exile is an exhibition surveying the work of Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius: four artists who, though exiled to Australia as convicts, created many of the most significant and elegant portraits of the colonial period.
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Graeme Inson

Biography

Graeme Inson (1923–2000), artist and teacher, was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales and educated at Canberra Grammar School.

6 portraits in the collection

Dan Sultan

Dan Sultan

Biography

Dan Sultan (b. 1983), Arrernte/Gurindji singer/songwriter, grew up in Melbourne.

1 portrait in the collection

Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard, 2013

Peter Brew-Bevan
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2013

Dillon Kombumerri
Dillon Kombumerri
Dillon Kombumerri

Dillon Kombumerri, c. 2000

Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

Missy Higgins

Missy Higgins

Biography

Melissa 'Missy' Higgins (b. 1983), singer/songwriter, began singing in her early teens, falsifying her age to get into clubs to play with her brother's jazz combo.

1 portrait in the collection

Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall
Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall
Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob, Paddington Town Hall, 1980 (printed 2021)

Juno Gemes
Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2021

Us Mob, Rock Against Racism Concert, Paddington Town Hall
Us Mob, Rock Against Racism Concert, Paddington Town Hall
Us Mob, Rock Against Racism Concert, Paddington Town Hall

Us Mob, Rock Against Racism Concert, Paddington Town Hall, 1980 (printed 2021)

Juno Gemes
Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2021

Lee Kernaghan near Broken Hill

Lee Kernaghan OAM

Biography

Lee Kernaghan (b.1964) is a country music singer and songwriter. Born in Victoria, son of travelling country music artist and impresario Ray Kernaghan, Lee Kernaghan grew up in the Riverina area of New South Wales.

1 portrait in the collection

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