Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Bob Dyer (1909–1984), entertainer, was born in Tennessee and came to Australia in 1937.
1 portrait in the collection
Geoff Dyer (1947-2020) was renowned landscape and portrait painter whose practice depicted Tasmania and its people.
1 portrait in the collection
Gift of the artist 2013. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Kaylene Whiskey is a Yankunytjatjara artist based in Indulkana on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia known for her unique visual universe that playfully combines Aṉangu cultural references with pop culture.
This week it is impossible not to contemplate the ways in which France has touched many Australian lives.
Reg Campbell was a self-taught painter specialising in landscapes and portraits.
1 portrait in the collection
To celebrate his family bicentenary, Malcolm Robertson looks at the portraiture legacy left by his ancestors.
Anneliese Seubert (b. 1973), fashion model, grew up in Cooma, New South Wales, her family having migrated from Germany when she was nine.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Lewis Morley (1925–2013) established his reputation as one of the key British photographers of the 1960s and is known for his iconic image of a nude Christine Keeler straddling an Arne Jacobsen chair.
50 portraits in the collection
Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
It is not well known that the person who composed the famous theme music for the BBC's Doctor Who series was Australian Ron Grainer.