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George Baird Shaw

George Baird Shaw (1812-1883), painter and printmaker, arrived in Australia in 1856.

2 portraits in the collection

Milton Glaser Art is Work

Sam Haskins

Portraits & Other Stories

Previous exhibition, 2006

Haskins is known for his poetic combinations of images and this exhibition of 'extended' portraits builds on this approach.

Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt, 1891

Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card

Purchased 2017

Andrew Gaze

Andrew Gaze

Andrew Gaze

Andrew Gaze, 2018

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet OM AK KBE

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet OM AK KBE (1899–1985), medical scientist, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1960 for his work with Sir Peter Medawar on acquired immunological tolerance, paving the way for successful human organ transplants.

5 portraits in the collection

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet

Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1968

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Robin Boyd

Robin Boyd

Robin Boyd

Robin Boyd, 1970

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003

Robin Boyd

Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd

Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd (1919-1971), was born and educated in Melbourne, and a member of the famous Australian family of artists and writers.

1 portrait in the collection

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Gary Heery

Gary Heery, photographer, was born in Sydney, where he studied sociology and psychology at the University of New South Wales.

1 portrait in the collection

Jacques Miller

Jacques Miller AC

Jacques Miller AC (b. 1931), immunologist, spent his early childhood in Shanghai and Lausanne before coming to Sydney with his parents at the age of ten.

2 portraits in the collection

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John Longstaff

Sir John Longstaff, born in Clunes, Victoria, studied at the NGV school from 1883 to 1887 and thenceforth at Corman's in Paris.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal, 2004

Portrait, oil on board

Purchased with funds provided by Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair 2004

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal

Sir Gustav Nossal, 1979 (printed 1981)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2003

Jacques Miller

Jacques Miller

Jacques Miller

Jacques Miller, 2012

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

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Message from the director

Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2023–25

It is our pleasure to launch the National Portrait Gallery’s second Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP).

Harry Seidler, Killara, Sydney

Harry Seidler, Killara, Sydney

Harry Seidler, Killara, Sydney

Harry Seidler, Killara, Sydney, 1984 (printed 2000)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001

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