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An international troupe of two

Office romance

Blue Wolf, 2014

Finalist, MDPA 2014

Our only concern is the void, 2013

Winner, MDPA 2013

Favourite portraits

National Portrait Gallery staff introduce their favourite portraits from the exhibition.

The Lawson

It’s curious that one of the writers most associated with the toughness of Australian bush life was himself not an exponent of the matted, rugged bushman sort of beard.

The Parkes

It wasn’t uncommon for the pro-beard fraternity of the mid nineteenth century to cite beards as a sign of wisdom on the grounds that Socrates and other ancient philosophers had worn them.

The 1890s to the 1940s

Although the tough, weathered, hard-drinking bushmen of the kind mythologised by writers like Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson are popularly associated with the character of late nineteenth century Australia, it was also a time when alternative ideas about identity began to come into play.

Annual Appeal

Maritime disaster leaves poignant picture

Absence rends the heart asunder

2020 Annual Appeal

In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.

In the most correct style

Desirable outcomes, undesirable origins

Street fare

The late Georgian and early Victorian working classes often bought their food in ale-houses, chop-houses and ‘penny pie shops’, or purchased their meals day after day in the streets.

Supporters

Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2014

Press releases for media.

Portrait Donors

2021 Annual Appeal

In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.