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Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith

Biography

Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was one of Australia's most important twentieth-century art historians and an influential cultural commentator.

2 portraits in the collection

Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith

In their own words
In their own words

Recorded 1975
Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith, 1985

Albert Tucker
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on cardboard

Purchased 1998

Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith, n.d.

Arthur Boyd AC OBE
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on board

Gift of an anonymous donor 2002

Bernard O'Dowd, Poet

Bernard O'Dowd

Biography

Bernard Patrick O'Dowd (1866-1953) began his working life as a teacher in Ballarat.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Bernard Katz

Sir Bernard Katz

Biography

Bernard Katz (1911-2003), winner of the 1970 Nobel prize for medicine with Ulf von Euler and Julius Axelrod, was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 1941.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Bernard Heinze AC

Sir Bernard Heinze AC KT

Biography

Sir Bernard Heinze AC KT (1894-1982) was a conductor who brought classical music to the general public and promoted the works of Australian composers.

1 portrait in the collection

Bernard Fanning

Bernard Fanning

Biography

Bernard Fanning (b. 1969) is the frontman of Queensland band Powderfinger.

1 portrait in the collection

Mr King (Bernard King)

Bernard King

Biography

Bernard King (1934–2002), chef and television personality, grew up on a farm at Maleny in Queensland and appeared in his first talent quest at the age of eight.

1 portrait in the collection

Bernard O'Dowd, Poet
Bernard O'Dowd, Poet
Bernard O'Dowd, Poet

Bernard O'Dowd, Poet, 1919

David Low
Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Mr King (Bernard King)
Mr King (Bernard King)
Mr King (Bernard King)

Mr King (Bernard King), c. 1979

Jon Waddy
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Sir Bernard Katz
Sir Bernard Katz
Sir Bernard Katz

Sir Bernard Katz, 1993 (printed 2003)

Nick Sinclair
Portrait, bromide print on photographic paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004

Sir Bernard Heinze AC
Sir Bernard Heinze AC
Sir Bernard Heinze AC

Sir Bernard Heinze AC, 1985

Michael Meszaros
Portrait, cast bronze medallion on wood plaque

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Ray Marginson AM 2001

Bernard Fanning
Bernard Fanning
Bernard Fanning

Bernard Fanning, 2003

Christopher Morris
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Sir Robert Garran
Sir Robert Garran
Sir Robert Garran

Sir Robert Garran, 1922

Bernard Hall
Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of John Garran 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Radical Restraint Justice Michael Kirby
Radical Restraint Justice Michael Kirby
Radical Restraint Justice Michael Kirby

Radical Restraint
Justice Michael Kirby, 1998

Ralph Heimans AM
Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001

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