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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

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

Arthur Boyd
Arthur Boyd
Arthur Boyd

Arthur Boyd, c. 1982

Wes Walters
Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Megan Wilding as Blackie Blackie Brown: Traditional Owner of Death, 2019 Wendy Sharpe

Megan Wilding as Blackie Blackie Brown: Traditional Owner of Death, 2019

Wendy Sharpe
Image
Sir Joseph Banks, Bt, 1771-1773 Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joseph Banks, Bt

Sir Joshua Reynolds
Image
Christine Audrey Pecket painting 'Self Portrait in a Brown Coat at the Sydney Technical College'
Christine Audrey Pecket painting 'Self Portrait in a Brown Coat at the Sydney Technical College'
Christine Audrey Pecket painting 'Self Portrait in a Brown Coat at the Sydney Technical College'

Christine Audrey Pecket painting 'Self Portrait in a Brown Coat at the Sydney Technical College', 1937

an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper on card

Gift of Suzanne Playfoot 2023

Dr Joseph Brown with Two Typists

Unboxed

Magazine article by Sandra Bruce, 2022

Sandra Bruce explores a new acquisition that has within it a story of interconnectivities in the Australian art world.

Stockyards, 2011 by Adrian Brown

Adrian Brown

NPPP 2012 learning resource

An interview with the photographer.

Aretha Brown in front of her New Shakahari Wall Mural Commission at La Mama Theatre, Carlton, 2023 Mark Mohell

Aretha Brown

In conversation
Magazine article by Rebecca Ray, 2023

Gumbaynggirr artist Aretha Brown talks street art, collaboration and ghost stories with First Nations Curator and Meriam woman, Rebecca Ray.

Wendy drunk 11pm, 1983 by Brett Whiteley

Idle Hours

Previous exhibition, 2009

Idle hours is an exhibition of luxurious beauty. Paintings, prints and drawings represent subjects in quiet moods and situations arranged according to the time of day they depict - reading, drawing, snoozing, bathing, sewing, gardening, sitting, looking, making love and spending tranquil time with companions. Works in the exhibition range from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present.

Angus Trumble with Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks by Thomas Phillips

Banksia and grevillea

About Face article

Portraits can render honour to remarkable men and women, but there are other ways.

Joseph Paul Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard

Joseph Paul Gaimard, c. 1830

De Bove
Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

Elliot Brown

Elliot Brown

Vox pops

This portrait is called Jaye and it's a photo of my friend. She's a member of the Multicultural Society in Geraldton.

Peter Brown, 2021 Qiang Zhang

Peter Brown

Qiang Zhang
Image
Self Portrait in a Brown Coat
Self Portrait in a Brown Coat
Self Portrait in a Brown Coat

Self Portrait in a Brown Coat, 1936

Christine A. Pecket
Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2020

Cousins, 2013 by Leigh Harris

Cousins, 2013

by Leigh Harris
Image
David Brown Dignam [and] George Barrington drawn from the life
David Brown Dignam [and] George Barrington drawn from the life
David Brown Dignam [and] George Barrington drawn from the life

David Brown Dignam [and] George Barrington drawn from the life, 1777

an unknown artist, The London Magazine
Portrait, copperplate engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

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