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Sir Ian Potter
Biography
Sir Ian Potter (1902-1994) was the founder and benefactor of The Ian Potter Foundation.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Ian Potter, 1968
Mark Strizic
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Sir Roderick Carnegie 2003
Lady Primrose Potter AC
Biography
Lady Primrose Potter AC was born in Sydney in 1931 and lives in Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Ian Potter, 1973
Bryan Westwood
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Primrose Potter 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Lady Primrose Potter, 2023
Betina Fauvel-Ogden
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Nigel Satterley AM and Denise Satterley and The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2023
Support Crew
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2011
Portraits of philanthropists in the collection honour their contributions to Australia and acknowledge their support of the National Portrait Gallery.
Beatrix Potter
Delmar Banner
Image
Wedgwood and Bentley
Biography
Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), potter and industrialist, became an apprentice to his potter brother, Thomas, at an early age.
1 portrait in the collection
Jasperware medallion of Captain James Cook, 1779
Wedgwood and Bentley
Portrait, white on blue Jasper Ware in oval shaped wood and gilt frame
Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007
Dr Julie Dowling
Biography
Julie Dowling, an artist of Badimaya, Irish and Scottish Catholic heritage, was born in Subiaco, Western Australia and grew up in nearby urban and semi-rural areas.
2 portraits in the collection
Dr Ray Marginson AM
Biography
Dr Ray Marginson AM (1923-2019) was Vice-Principal of the University of Melbourne from 1966 to 1988.
1 portrait in the collection
Lawrence Cox AO
Biography
Laurence Cox AO (b. 1938), a director of the Australian Stock Exchange from its inception in 1987 and its chairman from 1989 to 1994, was an executive director of Macquarie Group Limited from 1996 to 2009; chairman of the Transurban Group from 1996 to 2007 and chairman of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute from 1994 to 2009.
1 portrait in the collection
Judith Pungarta Inkamala
Biography
Judith Pungarta Inkamala (b. 1947), senior potter, is an Arrernte woman who was born in Hermannsburg, 130 km west of Alice Springs.
3 portraits in the collection
Thanacoupie
Biography
Thanacoupie AO (1937–2011), ceramic artist, community worker, elder, and spokesperson, grew up as Gloria Fletcher in North Queensland.
1 portrait in the collection
Jenny Watson
Biography
Jenny Watson (b. 1951), painter and lecturer, studied painting at the NGV school and completed her Dip.
2 portraits in the collection
John Perceval, 1985
Rick Amor
Portrait, black conte on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program