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The Wonder Years
Magazine article by Sarah Hill, 2001
Sarah Hill introduces the portrait busts of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Charles Ulm by Enid Fleming.
Charlie's angles
Magazine article by Stephen Phillips, 2017
Stephen Phillips talks to neurosurgeon Charlie Teo about his practice, perspectives and the anatomy of hope.
Peripheral vision
Magazine article by Aimee Board, 2020
Aimee Board chats to emerging photographer Charles Dennington.
Fine and dandy
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010
Whether the result of misadventure or misdemeanour, many accomplished artists were transported to Australia where they ultimately left a positive mark on the history of art in this country.
Big bouquet of Blackmans
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2013
Dr. Sarah Engledow explores the context surrounding Charles Blackman's portrait of Judith Wright, Jack McKinney and their daughter Meredith.
Pre-Raphaelite Profile
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2006
In 2006 the National Portrait Gallery acquired a splendid portrait of Victoria's first governor, Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe by Thomas Woolner.
Suave
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Charles Haddon Chambers the Australian-born playboy playwright settled permanently in London in 1880 but never lost his Australian stance when satirising the English.
Home and away
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009
Sir William Dobell painted the portraits of Sir Charles Lloyd Jones and Sir Hudson Fysh, who did much to promote the image of Australia in this country and abroad.
Beguiling impressions
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2012
Sarah Engledow is seduced by the portraits and the connections between the artists and their subjects in the exhibition Impressions: Painting light and life.
Portrait 43
June - August 2012
Magazine
This issue features Cindy Sherman, Tim Storrier, Brett Whiteley and Patrick White, contemporary Chinese portraiture, Charles Blackman and more.
Portrait 64
Summer 2019/20
Magazine
Marian Anderson, emerging photographer Charles Dennington, piscatorial portraits, and the poignant path of photographer Polixeni Papapetrou and more.
The fat of the land
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009
Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) is inscribed in Australian legend as the ‘Cattle King’.
In the round
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2009
Andrew Sayers outlines the highlights of the National Portrait Gallery's display of portrait sculpture.
Portrait 54
Spring 2016
Magazine
Explore an Indian treasure trove, photography by Robert McFarlane and Nan Goldin, Michael Taylor's expressionist paintings, the Great War portraits, and more!
Lear unbuttoned
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2011
Sarah Engledow steps up to the footlights and applauds the storyline behind Nicholas Harding's portraits of actor John Bell.
Barak, respected elder
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2009
Dr Christopher Chapman looks at the life of Wurundjeri elder William Barak through the portrait painted by Victor de Pury in 1899.