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Howard Matthews
Biography
Part of the Melbourne intellectual avant-garde of the 1940s, Howard Matthews was a brilliant student.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter O'Shaughnessy, 1947
Howard Matthews
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
John Howard and Janette Howard, 2000
Josonia Palaitis
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by the Founding Patron, L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2000
Julia Matthews
Biography
Julia Matthews (1842-1876), actress and singer, came to Australia as a girl with her parents, and made her debut at Sydney's Royal Victoria Theatre in 1854, aged twelve.
1 portrait in the collection
Grant Matthews
Biography
In 1997 Grant Matthews successfully sued Consolidated Press for unauthorised reproduction of one of his photographs.
1 portrait in the collection
Julia Matthews, c. 1862
Davies & Co
Portrait, albumen silver photograph carte de visite on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel, 1984
Grant Matthews
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of John McLean 2008
The Hon. John Howard OM AC
Biography
The Hon. John Howard OM AC (b. 1939) was Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007.
1 portrait in the collection
Janette Howard
Biography
Janette Howard (b. 1943), wife of former prime minister the Hon. John Howard OM AC, was born in Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Jenny Howard
Biography
Jenny Howard née Daisy Blowes (1902-1996), stage performer, made her name in her native England as ‘the poor man’s Gracie Fields’, recording covers of Fields’s songs for a cut-price label and impersonating the star onstage.
1 portrait in the collection
Howard Taylor AO
Biography
Howard Taylor AM (1918-2001), painter, sculptor, graphic artist and teacher, trained in England before the war, which he spent largely as a prisoner in Stalag Luft III.
2 portraits in the collection
Howard Tangye
Biography
Figurative abstract artist and designer Howard Tangye was born in Queensland in 1948 and lived and worked in London from the 1970s until recently.
1 portrait in the collection
Howard Barron
Biography
Howard Barron (1900–1991), artist, was born in Kent, England. He arrived in Sydney in 1924 where he trained with Sir Will Ashton.
1 portrait in the collection
Howard Arkley
Biography
Howard Arkley (1951-1999) was born, died, and spent the majority of his life in Melbourne, where he studied at Prahran CAE and Melbourne State College between 1969 and 1973.
3 portraits in the collection
Len Howard, Surrey, 1957 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
Howard Taylor, 1988 (printed 2001)
John Austin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001