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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.

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In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester

In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester

In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester

In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester, 1939

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Self portrait

Albert Tucker

Albert Tucker AO (1914-1999) was one of the strongest Australian painters of last century.

4 portraits in the collection

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait

Self portrait, c. 1984

Portrait, watercolour and pastel on paperboard

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barbara Tucker 2004

Self portrait

Albert Tucker

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1961

Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan, 1982

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas board

Purchased with funds provided by Ross Adler AC 2022

Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith, 1985

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on cardboard

Purchased 1998

The possessed, 1942 by Albert Tucker

The inner voice

Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2011

Dr Christopher Chapman, curator of Inner Worlds: Portraits & Psychology looks at Albert Tucker's Heidelberg military hospital portraits.

Inner Worlds

Portraits and Psychology

Previous exhibition, 2011

Portraits of Australia’s pioneering psychologists and artworks by artists fascinated by the subconscious mind.

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Barbara Tribe

Barbara Tribe (1913–2000), artist, is one of Australia's most significant sculptors.

4 portraits in the collection

The Rt Rev Barbara Darling

Barbara Darling

Barbara Darling (1948-2015) was the first woman appointed a bishop in Victoria and the second woman to be made a bishop in Australia.

1 portrait in the collection

Barbara Blackman

Barbara Blackman AO

Barbara Blackman AO (b. 1928), writer, poet and arts patron, was only fifteen when the ABC Weekly published one of her poems.

5 portraits in the collection

Barbara McGrady

Barbara McGrady

Barbara McGrady, born 1950 in Mungindi, New South Wales is a Gomeroi (Gamilaraay)/Murri/Yinah woman, and is recognised as Australia's first Indigenous photojournalist.

1 portrait in the collection

Barbara Blackman

Barbara Blackman

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1974

Barbara Robison

Barbara Robison

Barbara Robison

Barbara Robison, 1935

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Barbara McCarthy

Malarndirri Barbara McCarthy

Malarndirri Barbara McCarthy is a Yanyuwa woman from Borroloola in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

1 portrait in the collection

Barbara Blackman

Barbara Blackman

Barbara Blackman

Barbara Blackman, c. 1953

an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Barbara Blackman 2004

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