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Recorded 1959
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Louise Sauvage OAM (b. 1973) is a four-time Paralympian who dominated international wheelchair track racing from the early 1990s.
1 portrait in the collection
Louise Hearman (b. 1963), graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1984 and has built her visual arts career over the decades since.
2 portraits in the collection
Louise Forthun (b. 1959), artist, works primarily in painting and printmaking and has an aesthetic and conceptual focus on the architectural landscape of Australia's urban environments.
1 portrait in the collection
In their own words lead researcher Louise Maher on the novel project that lets the Gallery’s portraits speak for themselves.
Purchased 1999
Kathleen Best OBE RRC (1910–1957), nurse and officer, grew up in Sydney where she completed nursing and midwifery training.
1 portrait in the collection
Gift of the artist 2021. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC, Allan Myers AC KC and Maria Myers AC 2022