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Del Kathryn Barton
Biography
Del Kathryn Barton (b.1972) lives and works in Sydney. She is one of Australia's most celebrated contemporary artists, famous for her figurative paintings that feature fantastical characters posed against ornate—and sometimes psychedelic—backgrounds.
1 portrait in the collection
Kathryn Hay, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Behind the scenes
Del Kathryn Barton’s portrait of Maggie Beer
Magazine article, 2024
It was a riot of colour in the Gallery as we welcomed Del Kathryn Barton’s portrait of Maggie Beer AO into the collection.
Maggie, 2023
Del Kathryn Barton
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and pigment liner on French linen
Commissioned with funds provided by Hayley Baillie and James Baillie 2023
Hugh Ramsay
'Letters from Paris'
Portrait story
Hugh Ramsay's letters were written while he was living in Paris to his family back in Australia.
Hugh Ramsay
Biography
Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906), painter, was born in Scotland but arrived in Australia as a baby.
3 portraits in the collection
Alexander Ramsay
Biography
Alexander Ramsay CBE (1914-1978), public servant, trained and worked as a teacher before gaining his degree at the University of Adelaide in 1941.
1 portrait in the collection
Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel), 1901-1902
Hugh Ramsay
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003
Andrew Mitchell Ramsay
Biography
Andrew Mitchell Ramsay (1809-1869), clergyman, was Melbourne's first Presbyterian minister.
1 portrait in the collection
Alexander Maurice Ramsay, 1978
Robert Hannaford AM
Portrait, oil on composition board
Gift of Janet, Andrew, Kathryn and Eleanor Ramsay, daughters and son of Alexander Maurice Ramsay and Amy Jane Ramsay 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Portrait of Ambrose Patterson, 1901-1902
Hugh Ramsay
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003
Velasquez Touch
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2004
Former NPG Director, Andrew Sayers, explores the creative collaborations between four Australian artists living in Paris during the first years of the twentieth century.
Wunderkind lost
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2021
Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.
Rev. Andrew Mitchell Ramsay, 1865
an unknown artist
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on paper laid on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009
Portrait sketch of Nellie Melba, 1902
Hugh Ramsay
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Mitchell Family and the Fullerton Family 2000
In Conversation
Maggie Beer AO and Del Kathryn Barton
Watch
Join us with Maggie Beer AO, cook restaurateur and businesswoman and Del Kathryn Barton, artist, in celebration of the National Portrait Gallery's most recent commissioned portrait, Maggie, 2023 by Del Kathryn Barton.