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Gift of the artist 2001
Gift of the artist 2001
Ern McQuillan (Senior) (1905-1988), boxing trainer, was born in Newtown, Sydney, and worked there all his life.
1 portrait in the collection
AñA Wojak describes themselves as a 'cross-disciplinary artist working in performance, painting, assemblage, installation and theatre design, with a particular interest in site-specificity, ritual and altered states'.
1 portrait in the collection
Nic Walker spent his early years in Cairo and Beijing with his father Tony Walker, a foreign correspondent.
1 portrait in the collection
POL was a magazine that ran from 1969 to 1986
Beau Dean Riley Smith is a Wiradjuri and Gamillaraay man, born in Dubbo.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Lew Hoad (1934-1994), tennis champion, was born in Sydney. He played his first Davis Cup competition in 1952 and helped the Australian team to victory with a thrilling win over Tony Trabert.
1 portrait in the collection
Purchased 2022
Angus Trumble provides poignant context for Aña Wojak’s portrait of Tony Carden.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Paul Kelly & The Portraits presents a multifaceted image of the performer over the course of his career.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Introduction The National Portrait Gallery’s photographic exhibition Flash: Australian Athletes in Focus explores various interpretations of Australian sporting men and women.
Aspects of singer songwriter Paul Kelly’s performance persona are communicated by portraits selected from a range of artists and leading music photographers in this focus exhibition.