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Dr Bette Mifsud
Portrait of Ninette Dutton, 2004
Portrait, type C photograph on aluminium
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
Ninette Dutton OAM
Biography
Ninette Dutton OAM (1923-2007), artist, broadcaster and author, was born in Adelaide and educated at Creveen and Woodlands before studying Social Science at the University of Adelaide.
1 portrait in the collection
Frank Hinder
Geoffrey Dutton - out with the Monarchy, 1977
Portrait, pencil, charcoal and pastel on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Enid Hawkins 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
In a glance
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2004
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portrait of Ninette Dutton by Bette Mifsud.
Geoffrey Dutton AO
Biography
Geoffrey Dutton AO (1922–1998) was a prodigious writer and editor whose published works comprise poetry, novels, children's books, biographies, art history and literary criticism.
1 portrait in the collection
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Self portrait, 2006
Portrait, oil on board
Gift of Dr Phillip Dutton and Valerie Dutton 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
2013
Portrait Donors
Leanne Benjamin AM OBE
Biography
Leanne Benjamin AM OBE (b. 1964) was Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet between 1993 and 2013.
1 portrait in the collection
Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE
Biography
Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE (1922-2019) ballerina and teacher, was scarred by her education in a Johannesburg convent boarding school and left her home on a Swaziland farm in 1939.
1 portrait in the collection
June Mendoza AO OBE
Biography
June Mendoza AO OBE (1924–2024) was born into a musical family in Melbourne and started sketching portraits while touring with her mother, a composer and pianist.
1 portrait in the collection
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Stephen Murray-Smith
Biography
Stephen Murray-Smith (1922-1988), writer and editor, was educated at Geelong Grammar and the University of Melbourne before serving in New Guinea during World War 2.
1 portrait in the collection
The Art in the Optics
Magazine article by Jacqueline Maley, 2025
From the tightly stage-managed to the embarrassingly candid, Jacqueline Maley explores the power and influence of political portraiture.
Cultural kaleidoscope
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
The complex connections between four creative Australians; Patrick White, Sidney Nolan, Robert Helpmann and Peter Sculthorpe.
A sketch for some portraits
Magazine article by Judith Pugh, 2005
Judith Pugh reflects on Clifton Pugh's approach to portrait making.
In and out of focus
Magazine article by Gael Newton, 2017
Gael Newton looks at Australian photography, film and the sixties through the novel lens of Mark Strizic.