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Angus Trumble gazes at the once bright star of photographer Ruth Hollick.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
The exhibition Australians in Hollywood celebrated the achievements of Australians in the highly competitive American film industry.
Louis-Claude Desaulses de Freycinet (1779–1842), hydrographer and cartographer, sailed with Nicolas Baudin on the Expédition aux terres australes, a journey of discovery, commissioned by Napoléon, to the unknown southern coast of New Holland.
1 portrait in the collection
Long after the portraitist became indifferent to her, and died, a beguiling portrait hung over its subject.
Australian Galleries Director Stuart Purves tells the story of two portraits by John Brack.
The National Portrait Gallery joins the Big Draw, a program dedicated to promoting drawing as a tool for thought, creativity, social and cultural engagement.
Jo Gilmour uncovers endearing authenticity in the art of a twice-transported Tasmanian.
Angus Trumble treats the gallery’s collection with a dab hand.
Elspeth Pitt chats with Archibald Prize-winning artist Yvette Coppersmith about performance, coincidences and the intersection of art and life.
Glynis Jones on the Powerhouse’s retrospective of one of Australia’s foremost fashion reportage and social photographers.
Peter Jeffrey trips the hound nostalgic.
Gift of the Jozef Vissel 2015
Australian photographer Karin Catt has shot across the spectrum of celebrity, her subjects including rock stars, world leaders and actors.
Alison Baily Rehfisch (1900–1975) was born Alison Green in Woollahra, New South Wales, to parents who 'were very interested in painting – in all the arts: music, literature, everything'.
2 portraits in the collection