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Chrissy Grishin
Biography
Chrissie Grishin (b. 1954), printmaker and painter, exhibits under the name of G W Bot, derived from an eighteenth-century French reference to the wombat as ‘le grand Wam Bot’ and adopted in tribute to the animal with which she has taken as her totem.
1 portrait in the collection
Chrissy Grishin, c. 1996 (printed 2012)
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Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Claudia Hyles 2012
Professor Sasha Grishin AM
Biography
Sasha Grishin AM (birth date undisclosed) is the Sir William Dobell Professor of Art History at the Australian National University.
1 portrait in the collection
Sasha Grishin, 1999
Andrew Sibley
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Chrissy Amphlett
'I was never submissive'
Portrait story
An interview with the iconic Australian rocker Chrissy Amphlett.
Chrissy Amphlett
Biography
Christina 'Chrissy' Amphlett (1959–2013), singer/songwriter, was best known for her energetic performances as the lead singer of rock band the Divinyls, often in her trademark school uniform and fishnet stockings.
1 portrait in the collection
Ms Natasha Grishin, 1996
Robin Wallace-Crabbe, Dianne Fogwell
Portrait, etching
Gift of the artist 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Chrissy Amphlett "Temperamental", 1989
Ivan Durrant
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on composition board
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The Divinyls performing on Countdown
Bob King
Image
Chrissy Amphlett, Sydney, c.1988
Stuart Spence
Image
Andrew Sibley, painter, Sydney, 1960
David Potts
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
Self portrait, 1990
Andrew Sibley
Portrait, brush and ink on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Self portrait, 1990
Andrew Sibley
Portrait, brush and ink on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Eric Thake
Biography
Eric Thake (1904-1982), printmaker, painter and photographer, trained at the National Gallery School and the George Bell School and showed with the Contemporary Group in Melbourne between 1932 and 1938 before serving as an official war artist in the RAAF.
7 portraits in the collection
Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street, 1964
Eric Thake
Portrait, linocut on paper
Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011
Epstein/Einstein? I can never remember!, 1962
Eric Thake
Portrait, linocut on paper
Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011