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Eric McIllree
Biography
Eric McIllree (1914-1973) was the founder, chairman and managing director of the Australian arm of Avis Rent-A-Car, and for twelve years the owner and developer of Dunk Island.
1 portrait in the collection
Eric McIllree, 1971
Clifton Pugh AO
Portrait, oil on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Janice McIllree 2012
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Janice McIllree
Biography
Janice McIllree (nee Wakely) (1935-2022), fashion model and photographer, began her modelling career in Melbourne in 1954, having graduated from Sydney's Mannequin Academy in 1952.
4 portraits in the collection
Alan Alder, c. 1970 (printed 2012)
Janice McIllree
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Janice McIllree 2012
Alan Alder, c. 1970 (printed 2012)
Janice McIllree
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Janice McIllree 2012
Tony Adam, c. 1968
Janice McIllree
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Janice McIllree 2012
Janice Wakely, 1959
Helmut Newton
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Janice McIllree 2007
Eric Smith
Biography
Eric Smith (1919-2017), painter, was born in Brunswick, Melbourne, and trained in commercial art at the Brunswick Technical College before serving in the army during World War 2.
6 portraits in the collection
Eric Thake
Biography
Eric Thake (1904-1982), printmaker, painter and photographer, trained at the National Gallery School and the George Bell School and showed with the Contemporary Group in Melbourne between 1932 and 1938 before serving as an official war artist in the RAAF.
7 portraits in the collection
Eric Bana
Biography
Eric Bana (b. 1968), actor, was born Eric Banadinovich to a Croatian father and German mother and grew up in Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Eric Neal AC CVO
Biography
Sir Eric Neal trained as an engineer at the South Australian School of Mines.
1 portrait in the collection
Eric Westbrook
Biography
Eric Westbrook was the Director of the National Gallery of Victoria from 1956 to 1973.
1 portrait in the collection
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith, 1973
Eric Smith
Portrait, oil on canvas laid down on masonite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Eric Smith 2019
Eric Thake
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1961
Eric Smith
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1962
Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street, 1964
Eric Thake
Portrait, linocut on paper
Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011