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Carl Kahler
Biography
Carl Kahler was born in Austria and trained in Munich, Paris and Italy, where he won several important prizes.
2 portraits in the collection
The Derby Day at Flemington, c. 1890
Goupil & Cie after Carl Kahler
Portrait, photogravure on paper
Purchased 2001
The Lawn at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day, c. 1889
Goupil & Cie after Carl Kahler
Portrait, photogravure on paper
Purchased 2009
Carl Cooper
Biography
Carl Cooper (1912-1966), ceramic decorator, contracted poliomyelitis in his twenties.
1 portrait in the collection
Carl Cooper, 1945-1946
Arthur Boyd AC OBE
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Bequest of Alan Boxer 2014
Untitled, 2013
by David Apostol
Image
Daniel Solander
Biography
Daniel Solander (1733-1782), naturalist, was a student of Carl Linnaeus, the Swede who devised and systemised the classification of plants and animals used today.
3 portraits in the collection
Banksia and grevillea
About Face article
Portraits can render honour to remarkable men and women, but there are other ways.
Mysterious eyes
Arthur Boyd portraits from 1945
Previous exhibition, 2016
Boyd’s self-portrait at age 25 is joined by his equally emotive portraits of those around him.
Charina Oeser
Biography
Charina Forge (now Oeser) studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in the early 1960s.
1 portrait in the collection
Dymphna Clark, 1991
Heide Smith
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Dr Solander, 1772
an unknown artist
Portrait, copper-line engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Dymphna Clark
Biography
Dymphna Clark (1916-2000), linguist, translator, chatelaine and matriarch, was born Hilma Dymphna Lodewyckx.
1 portrait in the collection
Joseph Banks and Dr Solander, 1778
an unknown artist after Wedgewood
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010
Terry Clune
Biography
Terry Clune (b. 1932), gallerist, established Terry Clune Galleries with Frank MacDonald at 59 McLeay Street Potts Point in 1957.
1 portrait in the collection
The art of dress
Magazine article by Dr Emma Kindred, 2023
Emma Kindred examines fashion as a representation of self and social ritual in 19th-century portraiture.