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W. A. (Sir John Forrest), 1897
Julius Mendes Price, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Julius Schaar
Biography
Photographer Julius Schaar (1847-1904) operated a number of studios in Dusseldorf during the 1880s, producing portraits in the standard studio style of the period.
1 portrait in the collection
Amandus Julius Fischer
Biography
Amandus Julius Fischer (1859-1948) began his art studies in Sydney before proceeding to the Westminster School of art in London, and the Académie Julian and the Atelier Colarossi in Paris.
1 portrait in the collection
A.J. Fischer, 1920s
Sidney Riley Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Australian Aborigines in R.A. Cunningham's touring company, Dusseldorf, Germany, c. 1885
Julius Schaar
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
What price self?
Magazine article by Jane Raffan, 2013
Jane Raffan investigates auction sales of self portraits nationally and internationally.
Ina Gregory
Biography
Georgina ‘Ina’ Gregory (1874-1964) grew up with her sister Ada at Rosedale, her family home in East St Kilda.
1 portrait in the collection
In Doubt, 2017
by Eva Collins
Image
Roland Wakelin
Biography
Roland Wakelin was born in New Zealand and studied at the RAS school in Sydney under Dattilo Rubbo from 1912 to 1914.
1 portrait in the collection
Brett Whiteley
Biography
Brett Whiteley AO, artist, displayed a brilliant talent for drawing as a Sydney private schoolboy.
11 portraits in the collection
Sir Bernard Katz, 1993 (printed 2003)
Nick Sinclair
Portrait, bromide print on photographic paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
Sir Bernard Katz
Biography
Bernard Katz (1911-2003), winner of the 1970 Nobel prize for medicine with Ulf von Euler and Julius Axelrod, was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 1941.
1 portrait in the collection
Self portrait in green hues, c. 1962
Roland Wakelin
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Philip Bacon AM 2001
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Coral Browne
Biography
Coral Browne (1913-1991) was an Australian actress who left for England in 1934.
1 portrait in the collection
Brett Whiteley, 1974
Lewis Morley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Copyright and reproductions
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