Purchased 2013
A list of books our Friends nominated as their favourite
Purchased 2013
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with the assistance of the Circle of Friends 2014
Barry Humphries AC CBE (b. 1934), actor, writer and artist, is the world’s all-time most successful solo theatrical performer.
12 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Alex Jelinek (1925–2007), architect and designer, graduated from the technical building school of Hradec Králové, near Prague, during World War II.
1 portrait in the collection
Formed in 1977 in Koonibba, South Australia by brothers Bunna Lawrie, Neil Coaby and Mackie Coaby and their nephew Bruce Mundy, Coloured Stone combines rock, ska and reggae with a range of Aboriginal instruments including clap sticks and the didgeridoo.
2 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Pamela MacFarlane was born in Dunedin, NZ and completed a Master's degree in Zoology at the University of Otago in the 1940s.
1 portrait in the collection
Christopher Chapman examines the battle of glamour vs. grunge which played out in the fashion and advertising of the 1990s.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
George Rayner Hoff (1894-1937), sculptor, was born in England and trained at the Royal College of Art, London.
2 portraits in the collection
Herbert 'Bert' Flugelman, sculptor, painter and lecturer, came to Australia from his native Vienna in 1938, aged fifteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Purchased 2001
Nelson Illingworth trained in sculpture in England and worked as a modeller at the Royal Doulton potteries for nine years before moving to Australia.
3 portraits in the collection
