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Elaine Pelot-Syron
Biography
Elaine Pelot-Syron grew up in Miami and came to Australia to teach English in 1971.
1 portrait in the collection
Tracey Moffatt filming early land rights march, c. 1980
Elaine Pelot-Syron
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Elaine Haxton
Biography
Elaine Haxton (1909-1999), painter, graphic artist and theatre designer, grew up in Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Margo Kingston, 2006
by Elaine Campaner
Image
Elaine Haxton, c. 1940s
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Henry Mayer, 1965
Hugo Wolfsohn
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Elaine Mayer and Ms Vicky Mayer 2011
Henry Mayer, 1965
Hugo Wolfsohn
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Elaine Mayer and Ms Vicky Mayer 2011
Fred Nile MLC
Biography
The Rev. Fred Nile MLC (b. 1934) Leader of the Christian Democratic Party was born and raised in King's Cross, Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Terry Snow and China, 2017
Jude Rae
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Dr Justin Garrick & Dharini Ganesan Rasu, Dino Nikias & Dimitra Nikias, Jim Windeyer, Claudia Hyles OAM, Sotiria Liangis AM & John Liangis, The Hon Mary Finn, Bill Farmer AO & Elaine Farmer, Tim Efkarpidis, Bob Nattey & Charlotte Nattey, Jennifer Bott AO, Keith Bradley, Dr Sam Whittle & Heather Whittle 2017
2013-14 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
This 1910 portrait of Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Roberts by Tom Roberts was brought into the Gallery's collection with the assistance of the Acquisition Fund in 2013.
Supporters
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Honour board
Jewelled nights
Magazine article by Dr Anne Sanders, 2017
Anne Sanders celebrates the cinematic union of two pioneering australian women.
Alison Rehfisch
Biography
Alison Baily Rehfisch (1900–1975) was born Alison Green in Woollahra, New South Wales, to parents who 'were very interested in painting – in all the arts: music, literature, everything'.
2 portraits in the collection
The news from Washington
Magazine article by Lauretta Morton, 2006
Australia's former Cultural Attache to the USA, Ron Ramsey, describes the mood at the opening week of the revitalised American National Portrait Gallery.
Petal to the mettle
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2019
Sarah Engledow lauds the very civil service of Dame Helen Blaxland.
The life of Bryant
Magazine article by Tenille Hands, 2018
Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.