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Kim Spooner
Biography
Kim Spooner (b. 1955), artist, studied at the University of Sydney and the Julian Ashton School, from which she gained a travel scholarship.
2 portraits in the collection
Social currency (Eva Cox), 1999
Kim Spooner
Portrait, encaustic on canvas
Gift of Eva Cox 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Spooner
Biography
John Spooner (b. 1946), editorial cartoonist and illustrator, graduated in law before turning to political illustrating and cartooning in the early 1970s.
3 portraits in the collection
Portrait of Les Tanner, 1984
John Spooner
Portrait, etching on paper
Purchased 2004
(Margaret Whitlam) by the strength of her skin, 1998
Kim Spooner
Portrait, encaustic on canvas
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Spooner, 2001 (printed 2011)
Lorrie Graham
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
John Cargher holding a long play record, c. 1986
John Spooner
Portrait, pen and ink and brush and ink on paper laid on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Best of British
Contemporary Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, London
Previous exhibition, 2000
For the first hundred years or so of its existence, The National Portrait Gallery in London had no contemporary collection at all
Portrait Donors
Listed by year
Honour board