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Noel Fraser Hickey
Biography
Noel Fraser Hickey (1921–2010) was born in Kensington, in Sydney, New South Wales, a stone's throw from the Royal Randwick Racecourse.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel Fraser Hickey, 1957
Nancy Menetrey
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2021
Dale Hickey
Biography
Dale Hickey (b. 1937) studied design and illustration at Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne, between 1954 and 1957.
1 portrait in the collection
Dale Hickey 2, March 1979, 1979 (printed 2012)
Robert Rooney
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Noel Stapleton
Biography
Noel Stapleton (1927-2017) commercial artist, began his career in Brisbane in 1944.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel Rubie
Biography
Noel Rubie (1901–1976) was a painter and photographer who had a portrait and industrial photography studio in Sydney and worked during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel McGrowdie
Biography
Noel 'Digger' McGrowdie (1920-1961), jockey, was born in Brisbane and educated at a Christian Brothers School in Toowoomba before being apprenticed in Brisbane at the age of fourteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel Counihan
Biography
Noel Counihan, born in Melbourne, began his career as a press caricaturist, freelancing in Australia, New Zealand and Europe in the 1930s and 1940s.
1 portrait in the collection
Noel McKenna
Biography
Noel McKenna (b. 1956), artist, is best known for his spare linear style and paintings of everyday scenarios, often featuring animals and interiors.
2 portraits in the collection
William Nuttall with horses in field
Noel McKenna
Image
William Nuttall with horses in field
Noel McKenna
Image
Noel Counihan
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1961
Noel McGrowdie, 1957 (printed 2003)
Ern McQuillan OAM
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Stable Scene with Shane Dye, 2000
Noel McKenna
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Noel Charlie, 2011
by Tobias Titz
Image
Noel McKenna
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It’s a matter beyond dispute that in the entire history of Australian art, it’s Noel McKenna who’s painted the liveliest rendition of the head of a Chihuahua.