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Wicked but Virtuous
About Face article
Faith Stellmaker shares pioneering artist and restaurateur Mirka Mora’s lasting legacy on Melbourne’s art, dining and culture.
Faith Bandler AC
Biography
Faith Bandler AC (1920–2015), civil rights activist and writer, was born in Tumbulgum, New South Wales, to a Scottish-Indian mother and a cane-worker father from Ambrym Island, in what is now Vanuatu.
2 portraits in the collection
Face of South Sudan, 2012
by Melanie Faith Dove
Image
Faith Bandler, 2006
Julie Edgar
Portrait, cast bronze
Purchased 2007
Faith Bandler, study, 2006
Greg Warburton
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and charcoal on unstretched canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2019
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Triscilla Holborow, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Melanie Faith Dove
Finalist interviews
I had been watching Agnes with intrigue, her face and profile were so mesmerizing. On our final day together I pulled her aside and convinced her that she had such an amazing face that I needed to get a photograph for myself. It was very spontaneous in that I decided quickly how it would best look and shot it in only two frames.
Jessica Mauboy
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2018
Finalist interviews
General content
Interviews with NPPP 2013 finalists Melanie Faith Dove, Simon Harsent, Ahmad Sabra, Sharon Zwi, Katherine Bennett, Krystal Seigerman, Arianne McNaught, Janet Tavener, Louise Whelan, Myles Nelson and Heather Corrigan.
Christopher Brennan
Biography
Christopher Brennan (1870–1932), poet, was born to Irish parents in Sydney.
2 portraits in the collection
Man with two lives
Caroline Zilinsky
Image
In Leopard Print
Ayman Kaake
Image
Dark Learning (act 9)
by Jacobus Capone
General content
Finalist, MDPA 2015
Kayla, 2017
by Stuart Miller
Image
Charles Ulm
Biography
Charles Ulm (1898-1934) began work as a clerk in a stockbroking office after he left school, but enlisted under a false identity in the 1st Battalion of the AIF just before his 16th birthday.
2 portraits in the collection
NPPP 2013 learning resource
Learning resource archive
Exploring select works from the NPPP 2012. For secondary students.