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Gwendolene Pratt
Biography
Gwen Pratt FRAS (b.1917) is a traditional painter and portraitist in oil, watercolour and pastel.
1 portrait in the collection
Major General Alan Stretton, 1987
Gwendolene Pratt
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Stretton family 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Richard Pratt
Biography
Richard Pratt (1934-2009), businessman, came to Australia with his parents, Polish Jews, in 1938.
2 portraits in the collection
Jeanne Pratt AC
Biography
Jeanne Pratt AC (b. c. 1936), born to Jewish parents in Poland before the war, came to Australia as a three year old.
1 portrait in the collection
Richard Pratt, Cardboard King, n.d.
Joe Greenberg
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Jeanne Pratt at home, 2015
Alana Landsberry
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Alana Landsberry and Bauer Media Australia 2019
Richard Pratt, 2003 (printed 2011)
Lorrie Graham
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Thomas Simson Pratt, c. 1863
Batchelder & O'Neill
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
A real Pratt
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2015
The death of a gentlewoman is shrouded in mystery, a well-liked governor finds love after sorrow, and two upright men become entangled in the historical record.
Lady Anne Maria Barkly
Biography
Anne Maria Barkly (1838-1932) was the second wife of Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of Victoria from December 1856 to September 1863.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Wheeler
Biography
Charles Wheeler OBE (1881–1977), artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1933 for a portrait of the popular Melbourne-based writer Ambrose Pratt.
8 portraits in the collection
Pixie O'Harris
Biography
Pixie O’Harris MBE (1903–1991), author and illustrator, was born Rona Olive Harris in Cardiff, one of the eight children of painter, George Frederick Harris.
1 portrait in the collection
Geoffrey R. Robertson AO KC
Biography
Geoffrey Roland Robertson AO KC (b. 1946), barrister, academic and defender of human rights, grew up in Sydney, attending Epping Boys' High and then the University of Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Lady Barkly, 1863
Batchelder & O'Neill
Portrait, albumen silver carte de visite on card
Purchased 2014
Foundation Members
Foundation
Chairman Sid Myer AM, Hayley Baillie, Tim Bednall, Jillian Broadbent AC, Patrick Corrigan AM, Marilyn Darling AC, Tim Fairfax AC, Penny Fowler AM, John Liangis, Dr Helen Nugent AC and Nigel Satterley AM.
The Board
Governance & Board
The Board oversees the Gallery's strategic directions, objectives and governance.