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Doc Neeson and drummer Brent Eccles of The Angels performing live onstage 1981
Wendy McDougall
Image
Sir John Carew Eccles AC FRS
Biography
Sir John Carew Eccles AC FRS FAA (1903-1997), neuroscientist, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1963 for his discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir John Eccles, 1959
Pam MacFarlane
Portrait, pastel on paper
Gift of an anonymous donor 2007
Full-size preparatory study for the portrait of Leo Schofield, 2001
Brent Harris
Portrait, gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Angela Nevill, Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd, in memory of William Keating 2001
Preparatory study for the portrait of Leo Schofield No. 2, 2001
Brent Harris
Portrait, coloured pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Angela Nevill, Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd, in memory of William Keating 2001
Preparatory study for the portrait of Leo Schofield No.1, 2001
Brent Harris
Portrait, coloured pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Angela Nevill, Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd, in memory of William Keating 2001
Leo Schofield, 2001
Brent Harris
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Angela Nevill, Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd, in memory of William Keating 2001
Sir Bernard Katz, 1993 (printed 2003)
Nick Sinclair
Portrait, bromide print on photographic paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
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
Pam MacFarlane
Biography
Pamela MacFarlane was born in Dunedin, NZ and completed a Master's degree in Zoology at the University of Otago in the 1940s.
1 portrait in the collection
Top of their game
Nobel Laureates
General content
Macfarlane Burnet and Patrick White
Australia and the Nobel Prize
Previous exhibition, 2003
This unique exhibition will give an insight into the private lives, pursuits and work of all the Nobel laureates associated with Australia
Little treasures
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2002
The acquisition of the ivory miniatures of Mortimer and Mrs Lewis.
The Story So Far...
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2002
A reflection on the National Portrait Gallery's first four years.
Hattie Shepparde, 1872
Bardwell's Royal Studio
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
Australian of the Year
Inspiring a Nation
Previous exhibition, 2010
The Australian of the Year Awards have often provoked controversy about who is selected and whether their achievements are remarkable.