Sarah Engledow ponders the divergent legacies of Messrs Kendall and Lawson.
Andrew Sayers asks whether a portrait can truly be the examination of a life.
Henry Mundy's portraits flesh out notions of propriety and good taste in a convict colony.
This issue of Portrait Magazine feature Lucian Frued, John Witzig, colonial death portraits, William Kinghorne, Henry Crock, and more.
Angus Trumble reveals the complex technical mastery behind a striking recent acquisition, Henry Bone’s enamel portrait of William Manning.
An exhibition devoted to Hans Holbein's English commissions shows the portraitist bringing across the Channel new technical developments in art - with a dazzling facility.
English artist Benjamin Duterrau took up the cause of the Indigenous peoples of Tasmania with his detailed and sympathetic renderings.
In March 2003 Magda Keaney travelled to London to join the photography section of the Victoria & Albert Museum for three months.
Gavin Fry examines the art and career of the Australian painter Rick Amor.
Alison Weir explores the National Portrait Gallery, London and the BP Portrait Award to find what makes a good painted portrait - past and present.
Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) is inscribed in Australian legend as the ‘Cattle King’.
Carrie Kibbler looks at how portraiture fits into the Australian Artbank Collection.
Andrew Sayers discusses the portrait of Dr Joan Croll AO by the Australian artist John Brack.
David Ward writes about the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture on display at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington.
Family affections are preserved in a fine selection of intimate portraits.