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In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester, 1939
Albert Tucker
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Albert Namatjira
'You must not lose it'
Portrait story
The art and landscape of Albert Namatjira.
Albert Tucker
Biography
Albert Tucker AO (1914-1999) was one of the strongest Australian painters of last century.
4 portraits in the collection
Albert Namatjira
Biography
Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira (1902–1959) is one of Australia's most celebrated and important artists.
7 portraits in the collection
Albert Falzon
Biography
Albert Falzon (b. 1945), film maker and photographer, was in the Australian army and worked for Australian Surfing World magazine before co-founding the Australian surf magazine Tracks in 1970.
1 portrait in the collection
Albert Tucker
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1961
Self portrait, c. 1984
Albert Tucker
Portrait, watercolour and pastel on paperboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barbara Tucker 2004
Observation point
Magazine article by Tony Albert, 2017
I think the truest representation of someone is a portrait.
Sir Albert Victor Jennings KT CR
Biography
Sir Albert Victor Jennings Kt.cr. (1897-1993) pioneered mass-produced and mass-marketed housing in Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Albert Namatjira, Artist, Alice Springs, c. 1957
Ern McQuillan OAM
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2003
Pair of bookends with portraits of Albert Namatjira, c. 1950
Don Mount
Portrait, wood and glazed ceramic
Gift of Ron Radford 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Albert Frederick Calvert
Biography
Albert Frederick Calvert (1872-1946), author, traveller and mining engineer, first visited Australia in 1890, when he undertook a journey of exploration from Lake Gairdner to the upper Murchison River.
1 portrait in the collection
Nat Young, c. 1968
Albert Falzon
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Witzig 2006
Mary Seacole
Albert Charles Challen
Image
Albert Namatjira, 1958
Sir William Dargie CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC and with the assistance of Philip Bacon Galleries 2000
Albert Namatjira, c. 1954-1958 (printed 2017)
Charles Chauvel
Portrait, inkjet print from a scanned colour transparency on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017