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Robin Eley
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Robin Eley studied Fine Arts at Westmont College, USA and began his career as a professional illustrator. Eley was a finalist in the Eutick Memorial Still Life Prize in 2010 and his work was Highly Commended in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize in 2010 and 2011.
David McAllister to join National Portrait Gallery collection
26 April 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, David McAllister AM will join the Portrait Gallery’s national collection in a newly-commissioned portrait taken by illustrious Australian photographer, Peter Brew-Bevan.
Michael Peck
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Born in Melbourne in 1977, Michael Peck has a Bachelor of Fine Art (honours) (Painting) from Monash University. He has exhibited as a solo artist since 1998, when he won the National Gallery of Victoria’s Trustees Award.
Natasha Bieniek
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Born in Melbourne, Natasha Bieniek began her formal artistic training at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2002. Bieniek’s When the music’s over (2006) won the Nino Sanciolo Art Prize, a painting scholarship to study at the Accademia d’Arte in Florence, where she learnt the ancient technique of egg tempera.
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2020 Annual Appeal
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In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.
Richard Tognetti #1510, 2018
by Louise Hearman
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Commissioned with funds provided by Peter Weiss AO 2018
Tim Fairfax, 2018
by Russell Shakespeare
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Commissioned with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2018
Nicholas Paspaley Jnr, 2018
by Andrew Bonneau
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Commissioned with funds provided by Ross Adler AC 2018
Gail Kelly, 2018
by Paul Newton
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Commissioned with funds provided by Westpac Group and Optus 2018
Andrew Gaze, 2018
by George Fetting
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Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018
What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018
by Jacqui Stockdale
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Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
The Writer: Peter Goldsworthy, 2018
by Deidre But-Husaim
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Commissioned with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AO and Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018.
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Kristin Headlam
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Basil grew into a speckled beauty – a long-legged leaper and an exceptionally vocal dog, with a great register of sounds, ascending in shock value from a whimper to a growl to a bark to a yelp that’s a violation of the ears.
Some prime ministers
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Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.