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Thomas Keneally, 1987
Bernd Heinrich
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Baron Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller
Biography
Sir Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller KCMG (1825–1896), botanist, trained in pharmacy and botany in his native Germany before emigrating to Adelaide in 1847.
1 portrait in the collection
Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, c. 1890
Charles Troedel after Robert Wendel
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Martin Schoeller
Close up
Previous exhibition, 2010
German-born American photographer Martin Schoeller's first exhibition in Australia presents compelling large-scale portraits. The exhibition explores human identity through photographs of individuals accustomed and unaccustomed to the spotlight.
Rong Rong
Featured Artists
Born Li Zhirong 1968, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Lives and works in Beijing.
Liu Wei
Featured Artists
Born 1965 in Beijing. Lives and works in Beijing.
Zhang Xiaogang
Featured Artists
Born 1958, Kunming, Yunnan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.
Painting writing
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2007
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Fang Lijun
Featured Artists
Born 1963, Handan, Hebei Province China. Lives and works in Beijing.
The Thyssen Art Macabre
About Face article
Books seldom make me angry but this one did. At first, I was powerfully struck by the uncanny parallels that existed between the Mellons of Pittsburgh and the Thyssens of the Ruhr through the same period, essentially the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
The God-shaped hole
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2010
Exploring the photographs of Martin Schoeller, Michael Desmond delves into the uneasy pact that exists between celebrity and the camera.
Chinese Art
General content
A short overview of modern Chinese art from 1949 to the present.
The mind's eye
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2017
Christopher Chapman takes a trip through the doors of perception, arriving at the junction of surrealism and psychoanalysis.
Uncommon Australians
The vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling
Previous exhibition, 2015
This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.
Two pair
Magazine article by Dr Jacqui Strecker, 2008
Stuttgart's Art Museum is showing Otto Dix portraits alongside artists from Lucas Cranach to Andy Warhol.