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Evert Ploeg
Biography
Evert Ploeg began his career as a commercial illustrator in the mid-1980s.
7 portraits in the collection
Ngurin-Nyunggu: Ngarluma Elder, Tim Douglas
Evert Ploeg
Image
Deborah Mailman by Evert Ploeg
Portrait story
An interview with artist Evert Ploeg about his portrait of the Australian actor Deborah Mailman.
Deborah Mailman, 1999
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, oil on jute
Purchased 2000
John Schaeffer AO - art collector and philanthropist, 2014
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by Harold Mitchell AC 2015
Mr Movies - Bill Collins OAM, 2009
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of Joan Collins and the Todd-Wilson family in memory of Bill Collins 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Fred Hilmer, 2018
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, oil on linen
Commissioned with funds provided by Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018
Dr Paul Scully-Power, 2005
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by donors 2006
Study for commissioned portrait, "Equation of life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton", 2016
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, print on transparency film
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016
Equation of a life – a portrait of Derek Denton
9 September 2016
Archived media releases 2016
The National Portrait Gallery, has welcomed the newest portrait commission of Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC by Evert Ploeg.
Equation of a life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton, 2016
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, oil on linen
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016
Fred Hilmer, 2018
by Evert Ploeg
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018
The Secret Life of Deb
Magazine article by Michelle Fracaro, 2003
Australian actress Deborah Mailman is the subject of a unique portrait by Evert Ploeg.
Portrait Allsorts
In Gallery Seven
Previous exhibition, 2020
Offering portraiture in all its flavours: painting, photography, drawing, textiles, printmaking and sculpture, this exhibition is a feast for minds and eyes.
Before hand
The private life of a portrait
Previous exhibition, 2020
Revealing the backstories behind the NPG collection, Before hand features interviews with artists and sitters as well as working drawings, scrapbooks, sketches and footage taken in artists’ studios and out on location.
Spring exhibition program
18 August 2020
Archived media releases 2020
The following on-line and physical exhibitions are planned to open at the National Portrait Gallery in coming months. For those who can’t travel at present, selected works from all exhibitions will be included online