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Deborah Mailman by Evert Ploeg
Portrait story
An interview with artist Evert Ploeg about his portrait of the Australian actor Deborah Mailman.
Evert Ploeg
Biography
Evert Ploeg began his career as a commercial illustrator in the mid-1980s.
7 portraits in the collection
Evert Ploeg
Deborah Mailman, 1999
Portrait, oil on jute
Purchased 2000
Evert Ploeg
John Schaeffer AO - art collector and philanthropist, 2014
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by Harold Mitchell AC 2015
Evert Ploeg
Study for commissioned portrait, "Equation of life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton", 2016
Portrait, print on transparency film
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016
Evert Ploeg
Equation of a life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton, 2016
Portrait, oil on linen
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016
Evert Ploeg
Mr Movies - Bill Collins OAM, 2009
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of Joan Collins and the Todd-Wilson family in memory of Bill Collins 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Evert Ploeg
Dr Paul Scully-Power, 2005
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by donors 2006
Evert Ploeg
Fred Hilmer, 2018
Portrait, oil on linen
Commissioned with funds provided by Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018
Equation of a life – a portrait of Derek Denton
9 September 2016
Archived media releases 2016
The National Portrait Gallery, has welcomed the newest portrait commission of Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC by Evert Ploeg.
Fred Hilmer, 2018
by Evert Ploeg
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018
Ern McQuillan OAM
Evonne Goolagong, 1973
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2004
The Secret Life of Deb
Magazine article by Michelle Fracaro, 2003
Australian actress Deborah Mailman is the subject of a unique portrait by Evert Ploeg.
Spring exhibition program
18 August 2020
Archived media releases 2020
The following on-line and physical exhibitions are planned to open at the National Portrait Gallery in coming months. For those who can’t travel at present, selected works from all exhibitions will be included online
National Portrait Gallery unveils twenty new portrait commissions to celebrate twenty years
18 October 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled twenty new portrait commissions of Australian leaders and individualists as part of its twentieth birthday celebrations in a new exhibition, 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions.
Evonne Goolagong (Cawley) AC MBE
Biography
Evonne Goolagong Cawley AC MBE (b. 1951), Wiradjuri tennis champion, was the number one women's tennis player in the world in 1971 and 1976.
3 portraits in the collection