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Portrait bust of Dr Christine Rivett
Portrait bust of Dr Christine Rivett
Portrait bust of Dr Christine Rivett
Daphne Mayo MBE

Portrait bust of Dr Christine Rivett, c. 1950 (cast 1955-1956)

Portrait, cast bronze

Gift of Justice Ian Callinan 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Waiting for Zipporah (Christine Anu)
Waiting for Zipporah (Christine Anu)
Waiting for Zipporah (Christine Anu)
Elizabeth Barden

Waiting for Zipporah (Christine Anu), 2002

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Christine Manfield
Christine Manfield
Christine Manfield
Selina Snow

Christine Manfield, 1997

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999

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'
an unknown artist

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

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper on card

Gift of Suzanne Playfoot 2023

Robert Gray
Robert Gray
Robert Gray
Christine Godden

Robert Gray, 1978

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2017

Self Portrait in a Brown Coat
Self Portrait in a Brown Coat
Self Portrait in a Brown Coat
Christine A. Pecket

Self Portrait in a Brown Coat, 1936

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2020

Christine Stead
Christine Stead
Christine Stead
Robert McFarlane

Christine Stead, 1976 (printed 2017)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

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Geoffrey Shedley

Keith Laught, 1951

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Mary Shedley, Mrs Christine Moriarty, Mrs Josephine Lawrence and Mrs Helen Beare 2010

I AM A NEW WOMAN series
I AM A NEW WOMAN series
I AM A NEW WOMAN series
Alison Alder

I AM A NEW WOMAN series, 2024

Portrait, screen prints on paper

Purchased with donor funds 2024

Portrait bust of Dr Christine Rivett

Christine Rivett

Biography

Amy Christine Rivett (1891–1962), doctor, contributed greatly to medicine and women's health.

1 portrait in the collection

Waiting for Zipporah (Christine Anu)

Christine Anu

Biography

Christine Anu (b. 1970), singer/songwriter and actor, was born in Cairns, Queensland.

1 portrait in the collection

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

Christine A. Pecket

Biography

Christine Audrey Pecket (1908–1996), artist, was three years old when her family emigrated to Sydney from Yorkshire.

2 portraits in the collection

Eric Leo Susman
Eric Leo Susman
Eric Leo Susman
Andor Meszaros

Eric Leo Susman, 1955

Portrait, cast bronze medallion

Gift of Christine Godden 2017

by Navin Rawanchaikul Navins of Bollywood, 2006

Navin Rawanchaikul

by Christine Clark
Artist essays

Navin Rawanchaikul has built his practice around explorations of the transient nature of identity in a globalised world, and draws much of his material from his own experiences.

by FX Harsono Open your mouth, 2002

FX Harsono

by Christine Clark
Artist essays

FX Harsono was born in 1949, just as the independence of the Indonesian nation was being established.

The Rizalian Retablo (Reliquary by Arnulfo Tikb-ang)
by Alwin Reamillo Ang Retabla Rizalista (Relikaryo ni Arnulfo Tikb-ang) 2011

Alwin Reamillo

by Christine Clark
Artist essays

Alwin Reamillo was born in Manila, Philippines in 1964. He studied painting at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, and began his career as a visual art teacher at the Philippine High School for the Arts.

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