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Dorothy Robinson Napangardi
Biography
Dorothy Robinson Napangardi (c. 1956–2013) was an influential Pintupi/Warlpiri artist who developed a distinctive abstract monochromatic style across the course of her career.
1 portrait in the collection
Dorothy Robinson Napangardi, 2010
Greg Weight
Portrait, inkjet print on cotton rag paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Betsy Napangardi Lewis
Biography
Betsy Napangardi Lewis (c. 1940–2008) was born at Kunajarryi, west of Yuendumu, Northern Territory and became a noted Warlpiri artist across the course of her career.
1 portrait in the collection
Betsy Napangardi Lewis, 2007
Greg Weight
Portrait, inkjet print on cotton rag paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Dorothy Delaney
Biography
Dorothy (Tudley) Delaney was an administrator at Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.
1 portrait in the collection
Dorothy Gordon OBE
Biography
Dorothy Gordon (Jenner) OBE, ‘Andrea’ (1891-1985), actress, dressmaker, stuntwoman, journalist, radio broadcaster and charity fundraiser, grew up on a property near Narrabri and attended boarding school in Sydney before gaining a part as a chorus girl in Girl in a Train in Melbourne in 1912.
2 portraits in the collection
Dorothy Porter
Biography
Dorothy Porter (1954–2008), poet and writer, grew up in Sydney and the Blue Mountains, graduated from the University of Sydney in 1975 and taught creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Harry Belafonte
Dorothy Wilding
Image
Anna May Wong
Dorothy Wilding
Image
Dorothy, 1990 (printed 2013)
Michael Riley
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2013
Dorothy Porter, 2001-2002
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Andrea Goldsmith 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Dorothy Gordon, c. 1922
Melbourne Spurr
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Dorothy Gordon, in part costume for Rudolph Valentino's "In Blood and Sand", c. 1922
Melbourne Spurr
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Beautiful bones
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2011
Sarah Engledow reflects on the shared life and writing of Dorothy Porter and Andrea Goldsmith.
Sally Robinson
Biography
Sally Robinson, born in England, studied at the National Art School in Sydney from 1970 to 1973, and in the following year took up a position as designer at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
3 portraits in the collection
William Robinson AO
Biography
William Robinson AO (b. 1936) is one of Australia's most distinguished and influential contemporary painters, known for his distinctive and prolific output as landscape painter in particular.
3 portraits in the collection