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Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby" recto 'Head Study' and verso 'Hand Study', 1998

Ralph Heimans AM

Portrait, pencil and crayon on paper

Gift of the artist 2001

Professor Carrick Chambers AM

Professor Carrick Chambers AM

Professor Carrick Chambers AM

Professor Carrick Chambers AM, 1985

Michael Meszaros

Portrait, cast bronze medallion on wood plaque

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Ray Marginson AM 2001

Quentin Bryce

Quentin Bryce

Quentin Bryce

Quentin Bryce, 2016

Portrait, oil on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC 2016

Kenneth Myer DSC AC

Kenneth Myer DSC AC

Kenneth Myer DSC AC

Kenneth Myer DSC AC, 1985

Michael Meszaros

Portrait, cast bronze medallion on wood plaque

Gift of Dr Ray Marginson AM 2001

Neil Murray

True fella

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2011

Michael Desmond profiles the Australian songwriter and performer Neil Murray and his contribution to Australian music.

Dr Brown and Green Old Time Waltz

Where the wild things are

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009

Michael Desmond explores the complex portrait of Dr Bob Brown by Harold 'The Kangaroo' Thornton.

Edward Paine Butler

Poison pen

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2010

Michael Desmond examines the career of the eighteenth-century suspected poisoner and portrait artist Thomas Griffiths Wainewright.

Sir John 'Bawra' Higgins

Sir John 'Bawra' Higgins

Sir John 'Bawra' Higgins

Sir John 'Bawra' Higgins, 1922

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Portrait of David Gonski AC

Portrait of David Gonski AC

Portrait of David Gonski AC

Portrait of David Gonski AC, 2012

Portrait, oil on linen

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2013
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG

'Radical Restraint'

The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG interviews the artist who painted his portrait, Ralph Heimans.

Quentin Bryce

'To change the world'

Australia's 25th Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, discusses her childhood, career paths and her portrait by Michael Zavros.

Janet Dawson, 2016 by Mark Mohell

Janet Dawson

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When soulmates Janet Dawson and Michael Boddy moved from Sydney to a property, Boddy was clear about why: ‘Our marriage is one long conversation - we moved to the bush so we could talk to each other without so many interruptions.’

Nicole Kidman, New York

Penn on paper

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009

Michael Desmond discusses Irving Penn's photographic portrait of Nicole Kidman.

Irina Baronova (handing on the baton)

Handing on the baton

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009

Michael Desmond explores the life of ballerina Irina Baranova through the portrait by Australian artist Jenny Sages.

Senator Bonner

Black tie or wombat: How formal should I go?

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2008

Michael Desmond discusses the portrait of Senator Neville Bonner by Robert Campbell Jnr.

Blue Mountain, Owner, Trainer, Jockey, James Scobie

Sure thing

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009

Blue Mountain, Owner, Trainer, Jockey, James Scobie 1887 by Frederick Woodhouse Snr. is a portrait of James Scobie, well known jockey and eminent horse trainer.

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