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Gladys Moncrieff OBE
Biography
Gladys Moncrieff (1892-1976), soprano, grew up in Queensland, where she first toured as 'Little Gladys - The Australian Wonder Child' with a small musical road show.
4 portraits in the collection
Gladys Moncrieff, 1920s
Ruskin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sally Douglas 2009
Gladys Moncrieff album,
an unknown artist
Portrait, 38 page scrap book (19 doublesided pages unbound) featuring photographs and ephemera
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Gladys Moncrieff, 1963
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Group photograph with Gladys Moncrieff,
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Gladys Hope Marks
Biography
Gladys Hope Marks (1883–1970), university lecturer and women's rights activist, was born in Brisbane.
1 portrait in the collection
Gladys Cotta, 1984
Janet Dawson
Portrait, pastel on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joseph Mathew Cotta and Gladys Maria Cotta 2016
Gladys Marks, c. 1962
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper laid down on cardboard mount
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
George A. Highland
Biography
George A Highland (1874-1954), theatrical producer, grew up in England, where, as a choirboy, he came to the attention of Arthur Sullivan.
1 portrait in the collection
Claude Charlick, 1961
Sir Ivor Hele
Portrait, oil on masonite
Gift of Gladys Lock née Charlick 2012
Joseph Cotta, 1984
Janet Dawson
Portrait, pastel on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joseph Mathew Cotta and Gladys Maria Cotta 2016
Gil Askey, 2011
by Titian Scheffer
Image
2012-13 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
First Ladies
Significant Australian Women 1913–2013
Previous exhibition, 2013
First Ladies profiles women who have achieved noteworthy firsts over the past 100 years.
The animating signature
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2019
Joanna Gilmore delights in the affecting drawings of Mathew Lynn.
Activating the space
Magazine article by Sandra Phillips, 2020
Sandra Phillips on portraits of Indigenous activism from Cairns Art Gallery’s 2019 Queen’s Land Blak Portraiture exhibition.