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Who is Lillie Roberts?
Devotion
Talented wife for a talented husband
2013-14 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
This 1910 portrait of Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Roberts by Tom Roberts was brought into the Gallery's collection with the assistance of the Acquisition Fund in 2013.
The Writer: Peter Goldsworthy, 2018
by Deidre But-Husaim
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AO and Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018.
Mal Meninga, 2018
by Peter Hudson
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018
Ben Roberts-Smith, 2018
by Julian Kingma
General content
Commissioned in 2018 with funds raised through the 2020 project
Committed to the cause and each other
Devotion
Love versus the law
Yang Na
Featured Artists
Born 1983, Chongqing, Sichuan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.
Autumn Dinner 2012 photos
19 April 2012
General content
With author and media identity Peter FitzSimons.
Lucie
Who are you?
The works I chose are Quong Tart by Pamela See, and Monga Khan by Peter Drew.
Liu Wei
Featured Artists
Born 1965 in Beijing. Lives and works in Beijing.
Rong Rong
Featured Artists
Born Li Zhirong 1968, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Lives and works in Beijing.
2021 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.
Krystal Seigerman
Finalist interviews
The photograph was a brief, candid moment, which unfolded into a portrait. Peter and I were in Silverton, NSW, chatting as our students explored the town. The weak afternoon light suddenly became dramatic and defined, so I asked Peter if I could take his portrait.
National Portrait Gallery unveils twenty new portrait commissions to celebrate twenty years
18 October 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled twenty new portrait commissions of Australian leaders and individualists as part of its twentieth birthday celebrations in a new exhibition, 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions.
The photographers
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The eight photographers represent diverse styles, specialities and career paths. Abigail Varney, Peter Brew-Bevan, Martin Philbey, John Tsiavis, Michelle Day, Julian Kingma, and Giovanni Lovisetto.
Fang Lijun
Featured Artists
Born 1963, Handan, Hebei Province China. Lives and works in Beijing.