Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Packer family 2006
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
An interview with the photographer.
In 1988 philanthropists Gordon and Marilyn Darling decided to make an Australian portrait gallery a reality, overseeing the development of the 1992 touring exhibition Uncommon Australians.
The artist's diary profiles six decades of Cassab's work, from the early portrait commissions of the 1950s to later paintings that have helped confirm her eminent place in the canon of Australian portraiture.
Christopher Chapman examines the battle of glamour vs. grunge which played out in the fashion and advertising of the 1990s.
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
First Ladies profiles women who have achieved noteworthy firsts over the past 100 years.
Images for media use will be available from 8 March 2018.
Sarah Engledow on Messrs Dobell and MacMahon and the art of friendship.
This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.
Peter Ciemitis breached regulations when creating the portrait of the polymath environmental scientist George Seddon.
Over the last five years the National Portrait Gallery has developed a collection of portrait photographs that reflects both the strength and diversity of Australian achievement as well as the talents of our photographers.
Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.
The oil portrait of Sir Frank Packer KBE by Judy Cassab was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.
Artist David M Thomas lists some of the ideas and influences behind his video portraits.
