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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Klaus Friedeberger
Klaus Friedeberger
Klaus Friedeberger
Erwin Fabian

Klaus Friedeberger, 1942

Portrait, watercolour on paper

Gift of Julie Friedeberger 2021

Klaus Friedeberger in Sydney
Klaus Friedeberger in Sydney
Klaus Friedeberger in Sydney
Kerry Dundas

Klaus Friedeberger in Sydney, 1949

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2012

Self portrait
Self portrait
Self portrait
Klaus Friedeberger

Self portrait, 1948

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Julie Friedeberger 2021

Klaus Friedeberger in Sydney

Klaus Friedeberger

Biography

Klaus Friedeberger (1922-2019) fled Germany for England at the age of sixteen, and the next year found himself on the Dunera bound for internment in Australia.

3 portraits in the collection

Blow Back
Blow Back
Blow Back
Julie Rrap

Blow Back, 2018

Portrait, pigment photographic prints on paper, hand ground glass

Gift of the artist 2024. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Jack Brabham
Jack Brabham
Jack Brabham
Julie Edgar

Jack Brabham, 2004

Portrait, cast bronze on granite plinth

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2005

Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler
Julie Edgar

Faith Bandler, 2006

Portrait, cast bronze

Purchased 2007

Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
Dr Julie Dowling

Jack Thompson, 2013

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and red ochre on canvas

Purchased 2015

Richard Walley
Richard Walley
Richard Walley
Dr Julie Dowling

Richard Walley, 2015

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and red ochre on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by Neil Archibald and Alan R. Dodge AM, Brandon and Angela Munro, Dr Walter Ong and Graeme Marshall 2015

Peter Brock
Peter Brock
Peter Brock
Julie Edgar

Peter Brock, 2000-2001

Portrait, cast bronze on granite base

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001

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Dr Julie Dowling

Biography

Julie Dowling, an artist of Badimaya, Irish and Scottish Catholic heritage, was born in Subiaco, Western Australia and grew up in nearby urban and semi-rural areas.

2 portraits in the collection

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Julie Edgar

Biography

Julie Edgar (b. 1951) is a Melbourne artist who studied at RMIT, Monash University and the University of Melbourne.

3 portraits in the collection

Julie Rrap Overstepping 2001

Julie Rrap

In Profile
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2024

Feminism, risktaking and the politics of looking: Joanna Gilmour steps into the world of Julie Rrap.

Mem Fox
Mem Fox
Mem Fox
Peter Brew-Bevan

Mem Fox, 2021

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Peronelle Windeyer 2021

Julie Gough sitting in the back of a red vehicle while holding binoculars, with sheep grazing in a field in the background

Julie Gough

Artists and Collectives

Artist, curator and writer Julie Gough, Trawlwoolway through her maternal family, recover and re-presents unsettling and conflicting histories in Lutruwita/Tasmania, where her traditional homeland is Tebrikunna, in the north-east.

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Richard Walley OAM, by Julie Dowling
Richard Walley OAM honoured in new Portrait Gallery commission

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