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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Listomania

Sarah Engledow describes the fall-out once Brett Whiteley stuck Patrick White’s list of his loves and hates onto his great portrait of the writer.

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Patrick White at Centennial Park, 1979–1980
Patrick White at Centennial Park, 1979–1980
Study for Patrick White, undated
Study for Patrick White, undated
Portrait of Patrick White, undated
Portrait of Patrick White, undated
Study of Patrick White, 1980
Study of Patrick White, 1980
Four views of Patrick White, 1980, 1991
Four views of Patrick
White, 1980, 1991
Patrick White Flaws in the Glass, 1981
Patrick White Flaws in the Glass, 1981
Patrick sketch, 1981
Patrick sketch, 1981
Patrick White, undated
Patrick White, undated
Preparatory drawing for Patrick White at Centennial Park, c. 1979
Preparatory drawing for Patrick White at Centennial Park, c. 1979
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Patrick White at Centennial Park, 1979–1980
Patrick White at Centennial Park, 1979–1980
Patrick White at Centennial Park, 1979–1980
Patrick White at Centennial Park, 1979–1980

White Whiteley

The portrait of Patrick White by Brett Whiteley

Previous exhibition, 2012

Eleven works by Brett Whiteley, centred around his scintillating 'Patrick White at Centennial Park 1979-1980'.

Patrick White by William Yang

Portrait story

An interview with photographer William Yang who recalls his encounters with the author Patrick White.
Sydney city (Patrick White and Tom Uren, Hiroshima Day demonstration), 1984
Sydney city (Patrick White and Tom Uren, Hiroshima Day demonstration), 1984
Sydney city (Patrick White and Tom Uren, Hiroshima Day demonstration), 1984
Sydney city (Patrick White and Tom Uren, Hiroshima Day demonstration), 1984

The activist A-list

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007

Dr Sarah Engledow examines a number of figures in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery who were pioneers or substantial supporters of the seminal Australian environmental campaigns of the early 1970s and 1980s.
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