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Sylvia Breamer
Biography
Sylvia Bremer (also Breamer) (1897–1943), actor, was born in Double Bay, Sydney, in June 1897 into a British-Australian naval family.
2 portraits in the collection
Sylvia Breamer, c. 1920
Witzel Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Sylvia Breamer, c. 1917-1919
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Richard Rouse (copy of drawing by William Griffith), c. 1847
an unknown artist after William Griffin
Portrait, pencil, ink and watercolour on paper
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
Ms Sylvia Dropulich, 1996
Robin Wallace-Crabbe, Dianne Fogwell
Portrait, etching
Gift of the artist 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sylvia Davis-Patricelli and Anthony Patricelli, c. 1944
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on laid down on cardboard mount
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, page 2
Unknown artist Publisher Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Image
'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, 1882
an unknown artist, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Portrait, engravings on paper
Purchased 2009
Rudolph Buchner
Biography
Little is known of Rudolph Buchner, a Sydney photographer whose parents lived in Manly.
2 portraits in the collection
Andrew, 2013
by Andrew M Lance
Image
Tish Linehan
Biography
UK-born, Brisbane-based artist Tish Linehan (b. 1983) gained her undergraduate degree in visual arts from the Australian National University and subsequently completed a teaching qualification.
1 portrait in the collection
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Pedestrian Access
Location
Directions for walking to the Gallery from Civic.
'Amy-Blue' (Amy Winehouse)
Marlene Dumas
Image
Blow Back, 2018
Julie Rrap
Portrait, pigment photographic prints on paper, hand ground glass
Gift of the artist 2024. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
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