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The intellectual larrikin
Magazine article by Barrie Cassidy, 2019
Barrie Cassidy pays textured tribute to the inimitable Bob Hawke.
Portrait of Denton Corker Marshall, 2009
John Gollings
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Barrie Kosky, Sydney Opera House, c. 1997 (printed 2017)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2017
Alan Marshall, 1971
Noel Counihan
Portrait, oil on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barrie and Jenny Hadlow 2015
Portrait 63
Winter 2019
Magazine
Rod McNicol's method and motivation, 19th century Indigenous peoples, Barrie Cassidy on Bob Hawke, five generations of the Kang family from Korea and more.
Talma Studios, Sydney
Biography
Talma Studios opened in Sydney in March 1899 in a George Street premises next door to the GPO.
1 portrait in the collection
Kim Spooner
Biography
Kim Spooner (b. 1955), artist, studied at the University of Sydney and the Julian Ashton School, from which she gained a travel scholarship.
2 portraits in the collection
Paul Capsis
Biography
Paul Capsis (b. 1964), performer, was raised by his mother and grandmother in the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills.
1 portrait in the collection
Of jumpers and river gums, red
Magazine article by Diana O'Neil, 2016
Diana O’Neil on Noel Counihan’s vivid 1971 portrait of Alan Marshall.
Dichotomia, Barry Otto, 2008
Peter Brew-Bevan
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2010
Paul Capsis, 2004
Esther Erlich
Portrait, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Gift of the artist 2017
Lear unbuttoned
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2011
Sarah Engledow steps up to the footlights and applauds the storyline behind Nicholas Harding's portraits of actor John Bell.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009
Previous exhibition, 2009
In its second year at the National Portrait Gallery, and for the first time touring to other venues, the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 continues to present surprising perspectives on the nature of contemporary portrait photography.
Portrait Donors
Listed by year
Honour board
Thinking about architecture and portraiture
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2009
Dr Christopher Chapman describes the experimental exhibition Portraits + Architecture
Listomania
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2013
Sarah Engledow describes the fall-out once Brett Whiteley stuck Patrick White’s list of his loves and hates onto his great portrait of the writer.