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Neville Jeffress, 1987
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Eileen M. Jeffress 2018
Eileen Perkins
Biography
Eileen Perkins is a descendant of one of Adelaide's prominent German Lutheran families.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Perkins with Eileen Perkins, 1964 (printed 2021)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Tim Bednall 2021
Eileen, 2017
by Sue Healey
General content
Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video
Eileen Kramer is a dancer, 2019
Hugh Stewart
Image
Les and Eileen, 2010
by Alex Vaughan
Image
Cecil Beaton
Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2005
Accomplished illustrator, painter, writer and diarist, set designer and one of the most distinguished photographers of the twentieth century, Cecil Beaton is renowned for his portraits of well known faces from the worlds of fashion, literature, and film.
Rayner Hoff
Biography
George Rayner Hoff (1894-1937), sculptor, was born in England and trained at the Royal College of Art, London.
2 portraits in the collection
Rachel Perkins
Biography
Arrernte/Kalkadoon woman Rachel Perkins (b. 1970) is the daughter of First Nations activists Eileen and Charlie Perkins.
1 portrait in the collection
Tom Roberts
Biography
Tom Roberts (1856–1931), artist, came to Australia from England at the age of 13, but returned eight years later to study art in London.
9 portraits 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.
2023 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2023 the Annual Appeal was focussed on a work by one of Australia's best loved and most successful portrait painters, Judy Cassab AO CBE, depicting model, entrepreneur and deportment icon, June Dally-Watkins OAM.
2022 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2022 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Mayatjara by Robert Fielding, a series of 24 photographs of Elders of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara community.
So Fine
Contemporary women artists make Australian history
Previous exhibition, 2018
This exhibition features new works from ten women artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history, enriching the contemporary narrative around Australia’s history and biography, reflecting the tradition of storytelling in our country.
Beguiling impressions
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2012
Sarah Engledow is seduced by the portraits and the connections between the artists and their subjects in the exhibition Impressions: Painting light and life.
Annual Appeal
Listed by year
Honour board