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Sir James Martin
Biography
Sir James Martin (1820-1886) was fourth Chief Justice of New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
James Iyuna, 1986
Martin van der Wal
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005
Sir James Martin, c. 1880s
Henry Samuel Sadd after Freeman Brothers
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
The Catholic Hierarchy of Australia, 1869
Archibald McDonald, Henry Samuel Sadd
Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
James, Rebecca and Sam Mapu, 2021
James Tylor, Craig Tuffin, Dr Elisa deCourcy
Portrait, 1/4 plate daguerreotype in a leather case lined with Nantu Watpa Grey Kangaroo fur
Purchased 2022
Mandy Martin
Biography
Mandy Martin (1952–2021), painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Adelaide and studied at the South Australian School of Art from 1972 to 1975.
3 portraits in the collection
Martin Schoeller
Close up
Previous exhibition, 2010
German-born American photographer Martin Schoeller's first exhibition in Australia presents compelling large-scale portraits. The exhibition explores human identity through photographs of individuals accustomed and unaccustomed to the spotlight.
Gabrielle Martin
Biography
Gabrielle Martin is a Melbourne artist. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Painting) in 1991 and a Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (Painting) in 1993.
4 portraits in the collection
Martin Philbey
Biography
Martin Philbey (b. 1962) is a Melbourne-based photographer who has amassed an archive of 100,000 images over his twenty-year career.
4 portraits in the collection
Martin King
Biography
Martin King, an artist who specialises in making works on paper, was born in 1957 in Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Martin Sharp
Biography
Martin Sharp (1942-2013), printmaker, painter, cartoonist, designer, songwriter and film-maker, is one of Australia's foremost pop artists.
7 portraits in the collection
Martin Sharp part 2
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1970
Martin Sharp part 1
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1970
Wainburranga (Paddy Fordham), 1986
Martin van der Wal
Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper
Purchased 2005
Nicolas-Martin Petit
Biography
Nicholas-Martin Petit was born in Paris, the son of a fan maker, and learned graphic art in the studio of Jacques Louis David.
9 portraits in the collection
Dr Arthur Martin a'Beckett
Biography
Dr Arthur Martin a’Beckett FRCS (1812-1871) surgeon and New South Wales parliamentarian studied at London University from 1831 before undertaking a residency in Paris, centre for innovation in the practice of hygiene, pathological anatomy and physiopathology.
2 portraits in the collection