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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

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Tarcissius, 2006 by Heide Smith

Tarcissius, 2006

Kurt Coleman - Literally Me, 2015 by Aaron Smith

Kurt Coleman - Literally Me, 2015

The New Arrivals at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art

Peter Purves Smith

Peter Purves Smith (1912–1949), artist, went to Geelong Grammar with his lifelong friend Russell Drysdale.

2 portraits in the collection

Sydney Ure Smith

Sydney Ure Smith

Sydney Ure Smith

Sydney Ure Smith, 1948

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, half tone on paper

Purchased 1999

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith MC AFC

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith MC AFC (1897- last seen 1935) and Captain Charles Ulm (1898-last seen 1934) together founded Australian National Airlines.

3 portraits in the collection

John Firth Smith

John Firth Smith

John Firth-Smith (b. 1943) is a Sydney abstract painter. In the early 1960s he won a number of 'young artist' prizes for his paintings of yachts on Sydney Harbour, but by 1968 his work was becoming increasingly abstract, featuring large fields of opaque colour.

2 portraits in the collection

Self portrait

Grace Cossington Smith OBE

Grace Cossington Smith OBE (1892–1984) was a pioneer of modernist art in Australia.

1 portrait in the collection

TJ Smith and Tulloch

TJ Smith and Tulloch

TJ Smith and Tulloch

TJ Smith and Tulloch, 1960 (printed 2003)

Ern McQuillan OAM

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

Stephen Murray-Smith

Stephen Murray-Smith

Stephen Murray-Smith (1922-1988), writer and editor, was educated at Geelong Grammar and the University of Melbourne before serving in New Guinea during World War 2.

1 portrait in the collection

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John Raphael Smith

John Raphael Smith worked in various drapery establishments and painted miniatures before turning to engraving in London.

1 portrait in the collection

Tommy Smith

Tommy Smith

Tommy Smith

Tommy Smith, 1986 (printed 2018)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2018

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith, c. 1955

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Leah King-Smith

Contributing artists

Born: 1957, Gympie, QLD
Works: Brisbane

Dick Smith

Dick Smith

Dick Smith

Dick Smith, 1999 (printed 2012)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

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Mike Smith, 2007 (printed 2013)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Eve 2013

Stephen Murray-Smith

Stephen Murray-Smith

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1961

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