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Magazine article by Sam Bowker, 2007
The National Portrait Gallery has acquired an evocative depiction of soldier Peter Cosgrove by the Victorian-based painter, printmaker and sculptor Rick Amor.
Paper, boy
Magazine article by Peter Wilmoth, 2016
Peter Wilmoth’s boy-journalist toolkit for antagonising an Australian political giant.
Inspiration + Realisation: Peter Wegner
Magazine article by Katherine Russell, 2006
Peter Wegner's approach to portraiture could be considered a visual record of the rapport, the dynamic space between artist and subject.
Creative space
Magazine article by Eric Smith, 2004
Eric Smith describes the agony and finally the ecstasy of winning the 1982 Archibald Prize with the portrait of Peter Sculthorpe.
Hottie's Snifter to port
Magazine article by Peter Jeffrey, 2016
Peter Jeffrey trips the hound nostalgic.
Poets' Portraits
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2005
The Portrait Gallery's paintings of two poets, Les Murray and Peter Porter, demonstrate two very different artists' responses to the challenge of representing more than usually sensitive and imaginative men.
Seduce and Destroy
Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2001
Magda Keaney explores the symbolism in eX de Medici's portrait of Midnight Oil.
Written in Water
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2005
Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis, photographers and conservationists, shared a love of photography and exploring wilderness areas of Tasmania.
A Meeting of Great Minds
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2002
The story behind Rick Amor's portrait of Professor Peter Doherty.
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.
Off grid
Magazine article by Aimee Board, 2019
Aimee Board ventures within and beyond to consider two remarkable new Gallery acquisitions.
The activist A-list
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Dr Sarah Engledow examines a number of figures in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery who were pioneers or substantial supporters of the seminal Australian environmental campaigns of the early 1970s and 1980s.
Painting writing
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Portrait 23
March - May 2007
Magazine
This issue of Portrait Magazine features the Reveries: On Photography and Mortality exhibition, Peter Cosgrove, Martin Sharp, Terence Tao and more.
Portrait 12
June - August 2004
Magazine
This issue of Portrait Magazine features Peter Brew-Bevan, daguerreotypes, the exhibition Depth of Field, Ern McQuillan's photographs of sportspeople and more.
Portrait 16
June - August 2005
Magazine
This issue of Portrait Magazine features portraits by Rick Amor, colonial charicatures, Les Murray, Peter Porter, Helen Garner and more.