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John Frith
Biography
John Frith, cartoonist, was born and schooled in England before coming to Sydney in 1929.
4 portraits in the collection
Jeffrey Samuels
Biography
Jeffrey Samuels (b. 1956), a Ngiyampaa/Ngemba painter, illustrator, designer, mixed-media artist and printmaker, is one of the Stolen Generations and seeks to affirm his Aboriginal identity and cultural heritage through his work.
2 portraits in the collection
Jeffrey Smart AO
Biography
Jeffrey Smart (1921–2013) was an iconic realist painter, acclaimed for his urban and industrial landscapes which form one of the most original and recognisable bodies of work in the canon of Australian art.
6 portraits in the collection
Jeff Kennett
Biography
Jeffrey Kennett (b. 1948) was premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999. He entered politics from a career in advertising, winning the state seat of Burwood for the Liberal Party in 1976.
1 portrait in the collection
Thomas Purves
Biography
Thomas Purves (1909-1969), known as Tam, founded the Australian Galleries in Smith Street, Collingwood, Melbourne with his wife Anne in 1956.
1 portrait in the collection
Harold Parker
Biography
Harold Parker (1873-1962), sculptor, came to Brisbane with his English parents as a three-year old.
1 portrait in the collection
Justin O'Brien
Biography
Justin O'Brien (1917-1996) was one of the major Australian artists of his generation.
3 portraits in the collection
Bryan Westwood
Biography
Bryan Westwood (1930-2000) was a painter and printmaker who twice won the Archibald Prize, for his portrait of artist and critic Elwyn Lynn (1989) and of the then Prime Minister, Paul Keating (1992).
10 portraits in the collection
Kerrie Lester
Biography
Kerrie Lester (1953–2016) became well-known as a portraitist for her playful, textured, highly coloured works that appeared regularly in the Archibald and Portia Geach exhibitions of the late 1980s and the 1990s.
6 portraits in the collection
David Strachan
Biography
David Strachan (1919–1970), painter and printmaker, was educated at Geelong Grammar School and then studied art at the Slade School in London.
2 portraits in the collection
Nancy Wake AC
Biography
Nancy Wake AC (1912–2011) was one of the most-decorated women of the Second World War.
1 portrait in the collection