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Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE
Biography
Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE (b. 1931) is an immunologist and medical scientist.
4 portraits in the collection
Sir Gustav Nossal, 2004
Dean Home
Portrait, oil on board
Purchased with funds provided by Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair 2004
Sir Gustav Nossal, 1979 (printed 1981)
Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2003
Sir Gustav Nossal, 1999
Peter Churcher
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Karen McLeod Adair and Anthony Adair 1999
Sir Gustav Nossal, n.d.
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir Macfarlane Burnet, late 1960s
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1998
Sir Macfarlane Burnet, late 1970s
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1998
Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet OM AK KBE
Biography
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet OM AK KBE (1899–1985), medical scientist, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1960 for his work with Sir Peter Medawar on acquired immunological tolerance, paving the way for successful human organ transplants.
5 portraits in the collection
Julie Edgar
Biography
Julie Edgar (b. 1951) is a Melbourne artist who studied at RMIT, Monash University and the University of Melbourne.
3 portraits in the collection
Hugh Kingsley Ward
Biography
Hugh Kingsley Ward MC (1887-1972), bacteriologist, was educated at Sydney Grammar and the University of Sydney before being awarded the Rhodes Scholarship in 1911 and proceeding to Oxford.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1960-1961
Sir William Dargie CBE
Portrait, oil on composition board
Purchased 1999
Sir William Dargie
A Ninetieth Birthday Tribute
Previous exhibition, 2002
As a tribute to Sir William Dargie's singular contribution to Australian art and cultural institutions, and on the occasion of his birthday, The Australian War Memorial, Parliament House and the National Portrait Gallery will mount exhibitions of his work between May and October
Tilman Ruff, 2019
Nikki Toole
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2019
Mark Strizic
A Journey in Photography
Previous exhibition, 2004
This exhibition traces the creative output of nearly 50 years by one of Australia's landmark living photographers.
Tilman Ruff AO
Biography
Tilman Ruff AO (b. 1955), infectious diseases and public health physician, was a founder of ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.
1 portrait in the collection
Jacques Miller AC
Biography
Jacques Miller AC (b. 1931), immunologist, spent his early childhood in Shanghai and Lausanne before coming to Sydney with his parents at the age of ten.
2 portraits in the collection