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Christian Waller, c. 1920s
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper on card
Gift of an anonymous donor 2022
Christian Waller
Biography
Christian Waller (née Yandell, 1894–1954), printmaker, muralist and stained-glass artist, was born in Castlemaine, Victoria and commenced studying art at the Castlemaine School of Mines in 1905.
1 portrait in the collection
Napier Waller CMG OBE
Margaret Anderson, 1942
Portrait, pastel on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Dr Christian Thompson AO
The Shortest Day (Flower Wall), 2024
Portrait, C-Type photograph on Slickrock Metallic paper
Purchased with lead funds provided by the Dick and Pip Smith Foundation, the Nelson Meers Foundation and the Portrait Dinner Series 2025
Robert Dodd, Benjamin B. Evans
The Mutineers turning Lieut Bligh and part of the Officers and Crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, 1790
Portrait, aquatint engraving on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Ian Potter Foundation 2008
Napier Waller CMG OBE
Biography
Napier Waller CMG OBE (1893–1972), painter, graphic artist, teacher and stained-glass designer, studied art at the National Gallery school in Melbourne and first exhibited at the Victorian Artists' Society in 1915.
1 portrait in the collection
John Cochran after Henry Room
Captain R.C. Morgan, Missionary ship 'John Williams', n.d.
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010
Douglass Baglin
Cyril Henschke in his tasting room at Keyneton, 1968
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Jiawei Shen
Study for commissioned portrait of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (full-length study), 2005
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Mary Isabel Murphy 2005
Wes Walters
B A Santamaria, 1996
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift the Santamaria Family 2014
In loving memory of Catherine who persuaded her father to sit for the portrait and who chose Wes Walters as the artist
Ern McQuillan OAM
Noel McGrowdie, 1957 (printed 2003)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
John Williams
Rev. Fred Nile, Festival of Light, Sydney, 1981
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999
John Chapman
Admiral Bligh, 1801
Portrait, stipple engraving on paper
Purchased 2010
Polly Borland
Leanne Benjamin, 1999 (printed 2022)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Martin van der Wal
Jarinyanu David Downs, 1986
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005
Martin van der Wal
David Malangi Daymirringu, 1986
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005