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Fred Kruger
Biography
Fred Kruger was born in Berlin and came to Victoria around 1860. By 1866 he’d taken up photography, and soon began making his name with landscape photographs, some of which went on to win medals at exhibitions in Vienna, Philadelphia, Melbourne and Geelong.
1 portrait in the collection
Fred Kruger
Queen Rose of the Wathaurung People, c. 1876-1877
Portrait, albumen paper photograph
Purchased 2017
Kerrie Lester
Fred Hollows, 1993
Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
David Moore
Fred Williams, 1969
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 1999
Andrew Sibley
Fred Williams, 1980
Portrait, pencil and watercolour on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Kate Gollings
Fred Schepisi, c. 2000
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
John Williams
Rev. Fred Nile, Festival of Light, Sydney, 1981
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999
Evert Ploeg
Fred Hilmer, 2018
Portrait, oil on linen
Commissioned with funds provided by Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018
Erwin Fabian
Fred Gruen, 1941
Portrait, gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds donated by Andrew Sayers and from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2002
David Moore
Fred Williams, Upwey, Victoria, 1963 (printed 2000)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
Rennie Ellis
Fred Williams - Painter, 1981
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Andrew Sibley
Fred Williams, 1980
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Greg Weight
Fred Cress, 1995
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Fred Williams
Hal Hattam, 1960
Portrait, oil on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Hattam family in memory of Hal and Kate Hattam 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Fred Williams
John Perceval painting, 1958
Portrait, drypoint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of James Mollison AO 2007
Fred Cress
Patrick McCaughey, 1985
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.