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Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith
Albert Tucker

Bernard Smith, 1985

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on cardboard

Purchased 1998

Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith
Bernard Smith
Arthur Boyd AC OBE

Bernard Smith, n.d.

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on board

Gift of an anonymous donor 2002

(James Smith / Joshua Smith) Chain of being
(James Smith / Joshua Smith) Chain of being
(James Smith / Joshua Smith) Chain of being
Emily Hunt

(James Smith / Joshua Smith) Chain of being, 2023-2024

Portrait, etching on paper

Purchased 2024

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 O'Dowd, Poet
Bernard O'Dowd, Poet
Bernard O'Dowd, Poet
David Low

Bernard O'Dowd, Poet, 1919

Portrait, pen and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Sir Bernard Katz
Sir Bernard Katz
Sir Bernard Katz
Nick Sinclair

Sir Bernard Katz, 1993 (printed 2003)

Portrait, bromide print on photographic paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004

Sir Bernard Heinze AC
Sir Bernard Heinze AC
Sir Bernard Heinze AC
Michael Meszaros

Sir Bernard Heinze AC, 1985

Portrait, cast bronze medallion on wood plaque

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

Sydney Ure Smith
Sydney Ure Smith
Sydney Ure Smith
Max Dupain OBE

Sydney Ure Smith, 1948

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, half tone on paper

Purchased 1999

Mr King (Bernard King)
Mr King (Bernard King)
Mr King (Bernard King)
Jon Waddy

Mr King (Bernard King), c. 1979

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Bernard Fanning
Bernard Fanning
Bernard Fanning
Christopher Morris

Bernard Fanning, 2003

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
Eric Smith

The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith, 1973

Portrait, oil on canvas laid down on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Eric Smith 2019

image not online
Julian Kingma

Ben Roberts-Smith, 2017

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Commissioned in 2018 with funds raised through the 2020 project

image not online
Helen Stewart

Treania Smith, c. 1937

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift in memory of Tesse Lang by her husband Moshe Lang and family 2024. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Enid Fleming

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, 1932

Portrait, cast plaster, patinated

Gift of the Sydney Airports Corporation 2001

John Firth-Smith
John Firth-Smith
John Firth-Smith
Lewis Morley

John Firth-Smith, 1974

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Dick Smith, Sydney
Dick Smith, Sydney
Dick Smith, Sydney
John Elliott

Dick Smith, Sydney, 2000 (printed 2004)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

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