Leeanne Crisp was born in Adelaide, where she attended the SA School of Art and gained an advanced diploma from the Western Teacher's College in 1972.
2 portraits in the collection
The design concepts behind the new National Portrait Gallery building in Canberra.
Sir Asher Joel (1912-1998), public relations entrepreneur and state politician, started out as a copyboy at Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.
1 portrait in the collection
Ray Crooke AM grew up in Melbourne, where after army service in WA, North Queensland and Borneo, he trained at Swinburne Tech from 1946 to 1948.
3 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Aviation carried women’s roles in society to greater heights – fashion followed suit.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Kristin Headlam's portrait of Chris Wallace-Crabbe was acquired with the support of the Circle of Friends in 2014.
Animated is the National Portrait Gallery's first online exhibition.
Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018
Open Air is an exhibition of portraits of Australians in environments of particular significance to them.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
The considered matching of artist to subject has produced an amazing collection of unique and original works in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery
From 2015 to 2017 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on Reg Richardson AM by Mitch Cairns, a finalist in the Archibald Prize 2014, and a great example of minimalist portraiture.
