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Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE
Biography
Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE (1926–2010) was one of the world's greatest operatic divas.
3 portraits in the collection
Dame Joan Sutherland, c. 1977
Robert Hannaford AM
Portrait, oil on board
Gift of William Bowmore AO OBE 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Joan Sutherland, n.d. (printed 1992)
Lewis Morley
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Great stylists: Caruso, Melba, Pavarotti, Bonynge and Sutherland, 1983
Arthur Horner
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Eric Harding and Athol Hawke 2002
Graham Sutherland
Biography
Graham Sutherland OM (1903–1980) was an English artist, best known as the painter of the portrait of Sir Winston Churchill aged 80, subsequently destroyed by the sitter's wife, Clementine.
1 portrait in the collection
Helena Rubinstein in a red brocade Balenciaga gown, 1957
Graham Sutherland
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC, Tim Fairfax AC and the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2015
Joan Croll
Portrait story
An interview with the indomitable Joan Croll, subject of John Brack's portrait.
Joan Kirner
Biography
Joan Kirner AC (1938-2015) was the first female premier of Victoria. Daughter of a fitter and turner and a homemaker, she attended the selective University High School, graduating from the University of Melbourne to teach in state schools.
1 portrait in the collection
Joan Croll AO
Biography
Dr Joan Croll AO (1928–2022), radiologist and physician, studied medicine at the University of Sydney and commenced practising in 1975.
2 portraits in the collection
Joan Kerr
Biography
Joan Kerr (1938-2004), art historian, writer and lecturer, was responsible for several key reference texts on Australian art.
1 portrait in the collection
Joan Redshaw AM
Biography
Joan Redshaw AM (1921–1994), medical practitioner, chose her career in opposition to her father, a judge, who thought the University of Sydney medical school was a hotbed of women's activists.
1 portrait in the collection
Those trees came back to me in my dreams
Joan Ross
Image
M'lady Ikebana
Joan Ross
Image
M'lady Ikebana
Joan Ross
Image
Joan Alone
Magazine article by Julia Gillard AC, 2015
Julia Gillard pays poignant tribute to her friend and mentor, the late Joan Kirner, Victoria’s first and only female premier.
Joan Kerr, 2004
Peter Drewett
Portrait, pokerwork on spotted gum
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of James Semple Kerr 2004