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Susan Wakil AO
Biography
Susan Wakil AO (1933–2018), philanthropist, came to Sydney at fifteen from Bessarabia (Moldova/Romania).
1 portrait in the collection
Portrait of Susan Wakil AO, 2019
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Isaac Wakil AO 2019
About grace
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2020
Penelope Grist finds philanthropy and fashion underpin the story of Susan Wakil AO.
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Godfrey Kneller Bt
Image
Women in Vogue: Celebrating Sixty years in Australia
20 May 2019
Archived media releases 2019
Celebrating sixty years of Australia’s most exceptional women as they appeared in Vogue Australia, the National Portrait Gallery is proud to announce an exhibition in collaboration with this pre-eminent fashion title.
Athol Shmith, 1985
Michel Lawrence
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Rt Hon Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC DCL
Biography
The Rt Hon Sir Zelman Cowen AK GCMG GCVO QC DCL (1919-2011), academic, writer and former Governor-General, was educated at Scotch College and the University of Melbourne before serving in the navy in the Second World War.
3 portraits in the collection
Portrait 64
Summer 2019/20
Magazine
Marian Anderson, emerging photographer Charles Dennington, piscatorial portraits, and the poignant path of photographer Polixeni Papapetrou and more.
Fay Zwicky, c. 1981 (printed 2018)
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2018
Fay Zwicky
Biography
Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), poet and academic, grew up in a cultivated environment in Brighton, Melbourne, where her European Jewish family had lived for four generations.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Zelman Cowen, 1982
Andrew Sibley
Portrait, pencil, brush and ink on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Sir Zelman Cowen, 2000
Wes Walters
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Marc Besen AO and Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE 2000
William Birdwood KCMG KCSI KCB DSO
Biography
William Birdwood KCMG KCSI KCB DSO, 1st Baron Birdwood of Anzac and Totnes (1865-1951) commanded the Australian Corps for much of the First World War.
1 portrait in the collection
Madame Marie Carandini
Biography
Marie Carandini (née Burgess, 1826–1894), aka 'Madame Carandini', was seven years old when her family arrived in Van Diemen's Land as assisted immigrants.
1 portrait in the collection
A guy from Paris
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2018
Sarah Engledow on a foundational gallery figure who was quick on the draw.
Announcing Shakespeare to Winehouse
24 November 2021
Archived media releases 2021
More than eighty treasures from the National Portrait Gallery London will travel to Canberra for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from March 2022.