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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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The Honourable Bob Hawke savouring a strawberry milkshake, 2017 by Harold David

The intellectual larrikin

Magazine article by Barrie Cassidy, 2019

Barrie Cassidy pays textured tribute to the inimitable Bob Hawke.

Portrait of Denton Corker Marshall

Portrait of Denton Corker Marshall

Portrait of Denton Corker Marshall

Portrait of Denton Corker Marshall, 2009

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Barrie Kosky, Sydney Opera House

Barrie Kosky, Sydney Opera House

Barrie Kosky, Sydney Opera House

Barrie Kosky, Sydney Opera House, c. 1997 (printed 2017)

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2017

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2015

Portrait Donors

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Donors

Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall

Alan Marshall, 1971

Portrait, oil on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barrie and Jenny Hadlow 2015

Portrait 63

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.

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Talma Studios, Sydney

Talma Studios opened in Sydney in March 1899 in a George Street premises next door to the GPO.

1 portrait in the collection

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Kim Spooner

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

Paul Capsis

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

Self-portrait, 1973 by Noel Counihan

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

Dichotomia, Barry Otto

Dichotomia, Barry Otto

Dichotomia, Barry Otto, 2008

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2010

Paul Capsis

Paul Capsis

Paul Capsis

Paul Capsis, 2004

Portrait, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Gift of the artist 2017

John Bell as King Lear oil on Belgian linen, 2001 by Nicholas Harding

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.

Cormac and Callum, 2008 by Ingvar Kenne

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 of Troppo Architects, 2009

Thinking about architecture and portraiture

Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2009

Dr Christopher Chapman describes the experimental exhibition Portraits + Architecture

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