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Karl Duldig

Karl Duldig (1902-1986) studied art in Vienna between 1923 to 1933, interrupted by his success in sport, first as a soccer international, then as a tennis player and finally as a table-tennis title holder.

1 portrait in the collection

Maurice Ashkanasy CMG QC

Maurice Ashkanasy CMG QC

Maurice Ashkanasy CMG QC

Maurice Ashkanasy CMG QC, 1963

Portrait, cast bronze

Gift of Dr Vivianne de Vahl Davis and Professor Neal Ashkanasy 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Portrait of Private Edward Lello 1915 by Darge Photographic Company

Final frame

Magazine article by Karl James, 2016

Karl James reflects on soldier portraiture during the Great War.

Lola Montes

Lola Montes

Lola Montes

Lola Montes, c. 1845

Joseph Karl Stieler

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2010

John Monash

Lauded legacy

Magazine article by Karl James, 2015

Karl James gives short shrift to doubts about the profile of General Sir John Monash.

Karl Fender, 2019 Anna Minardo

Karl Fender, 2019

Karl Friedrich Abel, c. 1765 Thomas Gainsborough

Karl Friedrich Abel

Thomas Gainsborough

Portrait 50 hits the shelves

1 September 2015

Archived media releases 2015

With contributions from Julia Gillard, Fiona Gruber, and Dr Karl James, the National Portrait Gallery’s 50th edition of Portrait has something for everyone.

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Hugo Wolfsohn

Hugo Wolfsohn, a Dunera Boy, was Foundation Professor of Politics at Latrobe University.

2 portraits in the collection

Lola Montes

Bringing down a kingdom

The king and the showgirl

John Passmore AC

John Passmore AC

John Passmore AC

John Passmore AC, 1973

an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Doris Passmore 2003

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Valentine Green

Valentine Green, engraver, spent two years in a solicitor’s office in Evesham before abandoning the law and becoming a pupil of Robert Hancock, an engraver in Worcester.

1 portrait in the collection

Tessa Birnie

Tessa Daphne Birnie OAM

Tessa Daphne Birnie OAM (1934-2008), concert pianist, claimed to have decided on a career in music after hearing a piano at her local hall as a four-year old.

1 portrait in the collection

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Fay Zwicky, c. 1981 (printed 2018)

Jacqueline Mitelman

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2018

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Fay Zwicky

Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), poet and academic, grew up in a cultivated environment in Brighton, Melbourne, where her European Jewish family had lived for four generations.

1 portrait in the collection

Catherine Martin

Catherine Martin

Catherine Martin

Catherine Martin, 2001 (printed 2006)

Douglas Kirkland

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2006

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