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Joy Hester
Biography
Joy Hester (1920-1960) was the only female member of the Angry Penguin movement, which included artists Tucker, Sidney Nolan and Arthur Boyd.
1 portrait in the collection
Paul Hester
Biography
Paul Hester (1959–2005), musician and former drummer for Crowded House, was born in Melbourne.
2 portraits in the collection
Neil Finn and Paul Hester, 1987 (printed 2021)
Alan Mitchell
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2021
Paul Hester, 1987 (printed 2021)
Alan Mitchell
Portrait, inkjet print on canvas
Gift of the artist 2021
In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester, 1939
Albert Tucker
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Inside Heide’s lives
It's Complicated
Happiness to heartache
Crowded House
Biography
Crowded House is a much-loved Australian-New Zealand rock band formed in Melbourne in 1985 by talented singer/songwriter Neil Finn OBE (b.
3 portraits in the collection
Neil Finn OBE
Biography
Singer/songwriter and guitarist Neil Finn OBE (b. 1958) was born in Te Awamutu, Aotearoa New Zealand, a small town on the north island.
3 portraits in the collection
Reading the map
Davina Jogi
Image
Sir Joseph Banks, 1811
William Daniell after George Dance
Portrait, soft ground etching on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
Girl (portrait of Barbara Blackman), 1969
Charles Blackman OBE
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Purchased 2009
Arthur as Alyosha?
Magazine article by Patrick McCaughey, 2015
Patrick McCaughey explores a striking Boyd self portrait.
Arthur Boyd, 1962
Axel Poignant
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Barbara Blackman, 2008
Gorgi Dimcevski
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barbara Blackman 2009
Barbara Blackman AO
Biography
Barbara Blackman AO (b. 1928), writer, poet and arts patron, was only fifteen when the ABC Weekly published one of her poems.
5 portraits in the collection
Inner Worlds
Portraits and Psychology
Previous exhibition, 2011
Portraits of Australia’s pioneering psychologists and artworks by artists fascinated by the subconscious mind.