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Desiderius Orban
Biography
Desiderius Orban OBE (1884-1986) taught himself to paint while a student at the university of Budapest.
1 portrait in the collection
Desiderius Orban
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1962
Desiderius Orban (at 101 years of age), 1985
John Caldwell
Portrait, mixed media on archival mount board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2017
Lloyd Rees, c. 1988
Lewis Morley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Judy Cassab, 1984
Lewis Morley
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
John Caldwell
Biography
John Caldwell, (b.1942) is best known as a painter of landscapes in watercolour, began painting in 1969 while living in London.
2 portraits in the collection
Terry Clune
Biography
Terry Clune (b. 1932), gallerist, established Terry Clune Galleries with Frank MacDonald at 59 McLeay Street Potts Point in 1957.
1 portrait in the collection
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
Mervyn Horton, 1964
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Judy Cassab
The artist's diary
Previous exhibition, 2013
The artist's diary profiles six decades of Cassab's work, from the early portrait commissions of the 1950s to later paintings that have helped confirm her eminent place in the canon of Australian portraiture.
Flesh, figure and rock
Magazine article by Aimee Board, 2018
Aimee Board traces Judy Cassab’s path to the Australian outback, arriving at the junction of inspiration and abstraction.
Vintage Cassab
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
The oil portrait of Sir Frank Packer KBE by Judy Cassab was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.
The alchemist’s profile
Magazine article by John Zubrzycki, 2017
John Zubrzycki meets Australian paint pioneer Jim Cobb.
A new perspective
Magazine article by Celina Fox, 2006
An exhibition devoted to Hans Holbein's English commissions shows the portraitist bringing across the Channel new technical developments in art - with a dazzling facility.