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Dallas Hawes
Biography
Dallas Hawes was about 18 years old when he painted this portrait of Dr Law.
1 portrait in the collection
Dr Phillip Law, 1974
Dallas Hawes
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Dr Phillip Law 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Dressing for dinner, 1992
Davida Allen
Portrait, oil on plywood
Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Nova Gina takes a smoke break, 2019
Elize Strydom
Image
Jezeril II, 2014
by Douglas Gibson
Image
Rose Byrne
Biography
Rose Byrne (b. 1979), actor, was raised in the Sydney suburbs of Balmain and Newtown, and joined the Australian Theatre for Young People at the age of eight.
1 portrait in the collection
Rose Byrne, 2001 (printed 2004)
Karin Catt
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2005
Charles Teo, 2012
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Eleonora Triguboff 2013
Charles Teo AM
Biography
Charles Teo AM (b. 1957) is a neurosurgeon. Born in Sydney, where he attended Scots College and graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of New South Wales, he worked for some years at the Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, Texas and was Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas.
1 portrait in the collection
Erin Phillips OAM
Biography
Erin Phillips OAM (b. 1985), elite athlete, played professional basketball for fifteen years before becoming the stand-out player of the AFLW's first five seasons.
1 portrait in the collection
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020
Previous exhibition, 2020
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
For the boys
Magazine article by Alistair McGhie, 2011
The photographs from Matthew Sleeth's tour of duty series look more like advertisements than images of war.
The story of us
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2022
Gallery directors Karen Quinlan and Tony Ellwood talk to Penelope Grist about the NPG and NGV collaborative exhibition, Who Are You: Australian Portraiture.
You beauty
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2010
Joanna Gilmour explores the fact and fictions surrounding the legendary life of Irish-born dancer Lola Montez.