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Donald Horne
Donald Horne
Donald Horne
Melissa Beowulf

Donald Horne, 2000

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Julia Horne and Nick Horne
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program 2015

Richard Henry Horne
Richard Henry Horne
Richard Henry Horne
Batchelder & Company Photo

Richard Henry Horne, mid 1860s

Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009

Donald Horne
Donald Horne
Donald Horne
Sahlan Hayes

Donald Horne, 2005

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard (of The Birthday Party)
Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard (of The Birthday Party)
Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard (of The Birthday Party)
Bleddyn Butcher

Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard (of The Birthday Party), 1983

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002

Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Howard Arkley

Nick Cave, 1999

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999

Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Ashley Mackevicius

Nick Cave, 1973 (printed 1991)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Nick Enright
Nick Enright
Nick Enright
Robert McFarlane

Nick Enright, c. 1976 (printed 2004)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Ingvar Kenne

Nick Cave, 2001 (printed 2014)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Bleddyn Butcher

Nick Cave, 1994

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002

Nick Cave, Susie Bick and Luke Cave
Nick Cave, Susie Bick and Luke Cave
Nick Cave, Susie Bick and Luke Cave
Dominique Issermann

Nick Cave, Susie Bick and Luke Cave, 1998 (printed 2020)

Portrait, inkjet print on Hanhnemühle paper

Purchased 2022

Nick Enright
Nick Enright
Nick Enright
Stuart Campbell

Nick Enright, n.d.

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Stuart Campbell 2012

Nick Farr-Jones
Nick Farr-Jones
Nick Farr-Jones
James Brickwood

Nick Farr-Jones, 2019

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Commissioned with funds provided by the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2019

Mark and Nick Seymour
Mark and Nick Seymour
Mark and Nick Seymour
Nathan Kelly

Mark and Nick Seymour, 1997

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

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Donald Horne

Donald Horne AO

Biography

Donald Horne AO (1921-2005), academic and writer, was for nearly forty years the best-known commentator on the Australian condition.

2 portraits in the collection

Study for painting commission. David Chalmers Portrait Study 3
Study for painting commission. David Chalmers Portrait Study 3
Study for painting commission. David Chalmers Portrait Study 3
Nick Mourtzakis

Study for painting commission. David Chalmers Portrait Study 3, 2010

Portrait, pastel and graphite on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned 2011

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