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Juliet van Otteren
Biography
Juliet van Otteren's first passion were dance and riding her horses bareback across the countryside.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter Singer, 2002
Juliet van Otteren
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Mr and Mrs Wilbur van Otteren 2002
Sebastien Malone, 2014
by Juliet Taylor
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Teenagers 2024
Juliet Taylor
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The love, life and art of Bazmark
Passion
Fruitful fusion
Baz Luhrmann
Biography
Baz Luhrmann (b. 1962), film director, aspired to be an actor, appearing in Winter of Our Dreams (1981) and studying acting at NIDA before turning to directing.
2 portraits in the collection
William Shakespeare
associated with John Taylor
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William Shakespeare
associated with John Taylor
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William Shakespeare
associated with John Taylor
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Frances Saville, 1903
Reutlinger Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007
Mel Gibson AO
Biography
Mel Gibson (b. 1956), actor, was born in New York state, the sixth of eleven children of a railroad brakeman and an Australian opera singer.
1 portrait in the collection
Baz Luhrmann, 2000
Ingvar Kenne
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2006
Catherine Martin, 2001 (printed 2006)
Douglas Kirkland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2006
Akira Isogawa, 2001
Peter Brew-Bevan
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2005
Alan Alder
Biography
Alan Alder (1937–2019), dancer and ballet teacher, began his career studying tap and Scottish highland dancing in Canberra.
2 portraits in the collection
David McAllister AC
Biography
David McAllister AC (b. 1963), dancer and former artistic director of the Australian Ballet, was born in Perth and began studying ballet in the early 1970s.
3 portraits in the collection