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Davida Allen
Biography
Davida Allen is a Queensland artist. As a student at Brisbane's Stuartholme School in the 1960s she had Betty Churcher as an art teacher.
2 portraits in the collection
Davida Allen
Explore The Popular Pet Show
Going around a gallery with a child, we point to a painting of a dog and brightly ask ‘What’s that?’ If they don’t say ‘A dog’, we tell them that’s what it is. We don’t say it’s a shape inscribed by an artist that’s popularly understood to signify a dog. That’d only serve to foster a smarty-pants.
hey, Betty (Portrait of Betty Churcher), 1990
Davida Allen
Portrait, oil on plywood
Gift of the artist 2004. 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.
Peter Allen
Biography
Peter Allen (1944–1992), singer/songwriter and entertainer, was born Peter Allen Woolnough in Tenterfield, NSW.
1 portrait in the collection
Darcey Bussell
Allen Jones
Image
John Allen Manton
Biography
John Allen Manton (1807–1864), Wesleyan minister, arrived in Australia in 1831.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter Allen, 1980
William Yang
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2003
Reverend John Allen Manton, President of the Australasian Conference and Governor of Horton College, Tasmania, c. 1855
an unknown artist
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
The actor, the artist, her life and her fantasies
Lust
Feeling sexy
The Popular Pet Show
Previous exhibition, 2016
This exhibition expresses the joy and warmth that many of us derive from our animal companions, and celebrates their trusting, unpretentious ways, with portraits of Australians and their furry, feathered and fluffy friends.
Joseph Jauffret
Biography
Joseph Jauffret was master of appeals to the French council of state from 1814 to 1836 and was created a count in 1823.
1 portrait in the collection
Australian Love stories
Family, friends, fanatics and foes (and everything in between!)
Previous exhibition, 2021
Reconnect and reflect with our new major exhibition, Australian Love Stories (in real life!) as we explore love, affection and connection in all its guises.
Train travellers, 2012
by John Van-Den-Broeke
Image
Alfred Simpson, c. 1866
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2014
Alfred Simpson
Biography
Alfred Simpson (1805–1891), manufacturer, started his professional life as a tinsmith in his native London and also worked as a hatter before financial difficulties caused him to emigrate to Australia in 1849.
1 portrait in the collection