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Gift of Claudia Hyles, Dr Christiane Lawin-Bruessel, Gwenda Matthews, Gael Newton, Anne O'Hehir, Susan Smith and Dominic Thomas in memory of our friend, Robyn Beeche 2016

Photo-artist Robyn Stacey has exhibited widely in Australia and overseas since the mid-1980s, and is represented in all major public galleries.
1 portrait in the collection

Robyn Davidson (b. 1950), writer, attended a Brisbane boarding school before moving to Sydney, where she lived a loosely bohemian lifestyle.
2 portraits in the collection

Robyn Archer AO (b. 1948), performer, writer and director, began singing at four years old.
3 portraits in the collection

Robin Nevin AO (b. 1942), actor, director and theatre administrator, is the artistic director and chief executive officer of the Sydney Theatre Company.
1 portrait in the collection



Robyn Sweaney's quiet Violet obsession.



Gift of Robyn Archer AO 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.



Purchased 2003

Purchased 2014

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014

Robyn's parents had two terriers, Wuff and Snuff. In spite of Snuff’s ominous name and a couple of close shaves – once, he jumped out of a moving car, and another time, on a long road trip, he was accidentally left behind at a petrol station – he outlived Wuff.

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007




Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2003