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Theresa Byrnes

Theresa Byrnes

Theresa Byrnes (b. 1969) is a painter, writer and performance artist who first exhibited her paintings in 1986 at the age of sixteen.

1 portrait in the collection

Gary Catalano

Gary Catalano

Gary Catalano (1947-2002), poet and critic, was educated at Sydney’s Trinity Grammar and worked in a variety of jobs before a series of Australia Council grants in the late 1970s enabled him to devote himself full-time to writing.

3 portraits in the collection

Ellen Stirling

Don’t judge a book by its cover

You saucy minx

Harry Seidler, Killara, Sydney

Designing the ideal marriage

Deep foundations, shared vision

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Samuel Wood

Samuel 'Sammy' Woods (1867-1931), cricketer, is one of only five men to have played Tests for both Australia and England.

1 portrait in the collection

Anthony Dattilo Rubbo

Anthony Dattilo Rubbo

Anthony Dattilo Rubbo (1870-1955) was born in Naples and received classical art training in Italy.

1 portrait in the collection

The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska)

Drusilla Modjeska

Drusilla Modjeska (b. 1946), writer, feminist and academic, was born in England and moved to Australia in 1971 after several years in Papua New Guinea.

1 portrait in the collection

"Poet of the Hawkesbury" Robert Adamson, 2012

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the artist 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Sammy (Samuel Wood), 1892

Henry Seppings-Wright, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2010

Gary Catalano

Gary Catalano

Gary Catalano

Gary Catalano, 1994

Portrait, pencil on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Portrait of Alex Dimitriades

Portrait of Alex Dimitriades

Portrait of Alex Dimitriades

Portrait of Alex Dimitriades, 2005

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the artist 2006. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Robert Drewe (in the swell)

Robert Drewe (in the swell)

Robert Drewe (in the swell)

Robert Drewe (in the swell), 2006

Nicholas Harding

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2010

The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska)

The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska)

The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska)

The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska), 2001

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2002

Sigrid Thornton

Sigrid Thornton

Sigrid Thornton

Sigrid Thornton, 2000

Portrait, pencil on paper

Purchased 2010

Gary Catalano

Gary Catalano

Gary Catalano

Gary Catalano, 1994

Portrait, pencil and watercolour on yellow paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Geoffrey Dutton - out with the Monarchy

Geoffrey Dutton AO

Geoffrey Dutton AO (1922–1998) was a prodigious writer and editor whose published works comprise poetry, novels, children's books, biographies, art history and literary criticism.

1 portrait in the collection

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