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Colin Friels
Biography
Colin Friels (b. 1952) arrived in Australia as an adolescent with his Scottish parents, both blue-collar workers.
1 portrait in the collection
Colin Friels, n.d.
Stuart Campbell
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Stuart Campbell 2012
Colin Wills
Biography
Colin Wills (1906–1965), journalist and author, was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and grew up in Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Colin Preece
Biography
Colin Preece (1903-1979), winemaker, graduated dux from Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1923 planning to manage the family flour mill.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Colin Syme AK
Biography
Sir Colin Syme AK (1903-1986) was chairman of BHP from 1952 to1971. Born in Perth, he attended Scotch College in Claremont, the universities of Perth and Melbourne and the University of New South Wales before becoming a solicitor in the Melbourne firm of Hedderwick, Fookes and Alston in 1923.
1 portrait in the collection
Colin Lanceley
Biography
Colin Lanceley (b. 1938), painter, printmaker and sculptor, arrived in Australia from New Zealand as a baby.
2 portraits in the collection
Ed Sheeran
Colin Davidson
Image
Colin Lanceley, 1980s
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Colin Wills, c. 1940s
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir Colin Syme, 1970
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of BHP Billiton 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Colin Lanceley, 1992
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Colin McCahon, Auckland, New Zealand, 1963 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
Colin Madigan and Robert Hughes, Canberra, 1982 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001
Colin Preece, 1968
Douglass Baglin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Pamela and Colin McPherson
Elizabeth Looker
Image
In conversation with Colin Davidson
General content
Belfast-based artist, Colin Davidson talks about the fortuitous happenstances that led to him painting a range of famous faces (from Brad Pitt to the Queen, and everyone in between!)