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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 Tucker
Biography
Albert Tucker AO (1914-1999) was one of the strongest Australian painters of last century.
4 portraits in the collection
Self portrait, c. 1984
Albert Tucker
Portrait, watercolour and pastel on paperboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barbara Tucker 2004
Albert Tucker
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1961
Sidney Nolan, 1982
Albert Tucker
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas board
Purchased with funds provided by Ross Adler AC 2022
Bernard Smith, 1985
Albert Tucker
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on cardboard
Purchased 1998
The inner voice
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2011
Dr Christopher Chapman, curator of Inner Worlds: Portraits & Psychology looks at Albert Tucker's Heidelberg military hospital portraits.
Inner Worlds
Portraits and Psychology
Previous exhibition, 2011
Portraits of Australia’s pioneering psychologists and artworks by artists fascinated by the subconscious mind.
Barbara Tribe
Biography
Barbara Tribe (1913–2000), artist, is one of Australia's most significant sculptors.
4 portraits in the collection
Barbara Darling
Biography
Barbara Darling (1948-2015) was the first woman appointed a bishop in Victoria and the second woman to be made a bishop in Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Barbara Blackman AO
Biography
Barbara Blackman AO (b. 1928), writer, poet and arts patron, was only fifteen when the ABC Weekly published one of her poems.
5 portraits in the collection
Barbara McGrady
Biography
Barbara McGrady, born 1950 in Mungindi, New South Wales is a Gomeroi (Gamilaraay)/Murri/Yinah woman, and is recognised as Australia's first Indigenous photojournalist.
1 portrait in the collection
Barbara Blackman
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1974
Barbara Robison, 1935
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Malarndirri Barbara McCarthy
Biography
Malarndirri Barbara McCarthy is a Yanyuwa woman from Borroloola in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
1 portrait in the collection
Barbara Blackman, c. 1953
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Barbara Blackman 2004