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Edna Jessop, Mt Isa, 2004
John Elliott
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Alan Jessop
Biography
Alan Jessop OAM (b. 1930) is known to Canberrans as the Salvo Man, having collected donations for the Salvation Army in the city for over 30 years.
1 portrait in the collection
Alan 'Salvo Man' Jessop, 2019 (printed 2022)
Gino Zardo
Portrait, gilcée print on paper
Purchased 2022
Dame Edna Everage, 1982 (printed 2002)
Lewis Morley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Slim Dusty and Dame Edna Everage, Carlton Hill Station, WA, 10 July 1993, 1993
John Elliott
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Barry Humphries, 1971 (printed 2010)
Bill McAuley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2010
Barry Humphries, 1962
Lewis Morley
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Brack Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2007
The exhibition includes such striking works as Portrait of Fred Williams, and Barry Humphries in the character of Edna Everage, the enigmatic Portrait of Hal Hattam, a group of revealing self portraits including the mysterious Inside and Outside, as well as endearing portraits of the artist's children.
Barry Humphries, 1958
Clifton Pugh AO
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC 1998. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Barry Humphries
Biography
Barry Humphries AO CBE (1934–2023), actor, writer and artist, was the world's all-time most successful solo theatrical performer.
12 portraits in the collection
Rarely Everage
The Lives of Barry Humphries
Previous exhibition, 2002
The exhibition begins with Barry's childhood in Camberwell, Melbourne and chronicles his days as a struggling actor in Australia and England, his creation of characters including Barry McKenzie, Dame Edna Everage, Sandy Stone and Sir Les Patterson
Sir Les Patterson, 1999
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
Ellis Stones
Biography
Ellis Stones (1895-1975) was a foundation member of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
1 portrait in the collection
Bare
Degrees of undress
Previous exhibition, 2015
Bare: Degrees of undress celebrates the candid, contrived, natural, sexy, ironic, beautiful, and fascinating in Australian portraiture that shows a bit of skin.
Self portrait, 2002
Barry Humphries
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Margaret Olley Art Trust 2003
Noel Fraser Hickey
Biography
Noel Fraser Hickey (1921–2010) was born in Kensington, in Sydney, New South Wales, a stone's throw from the Royal Randwick Racecourse.
1 portrait in the collection