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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

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Kurt Baier

Kurt Baier

Professor Kurt Baier (1917-2010) was a moral philosopher. A German Jew, he fled to London from Vienna to escape Nazi persecution three months before his final legal examinations.

1 portrait in the collection

Kurt Baier

Kurt Baier

Kurt Baier

Kurt Baier, 1942

Portrait, conte on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002

Kurt Fearnley

Kurt Fearnley AO

Kurt Fearnley AO (b. 1981), athlete, won four world titles, three Paralympic gold medals and over 40 marathons in a distinguished twenty-year career.

1 portrait in the collection

Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim

Baron Kurt von Stutterheim

Baron Kurt von Stutterheim (1888–1978), German journalist and author, worked for the Berliner Tageblatt newspaper in Berlin, London and Rome from 1919 to 1936.

1 portrait in the collection

Kurt Fearnley

Kurt Fearnley

Kurt Fearnley

Kurt Fearnley, 2012

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2013

Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim

Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim

Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim

Portrait of Dr Kurt von Stutterheim with Mrs von Stutterheim, c. 1958

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper on grey backing sheet (folded)

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Kurt Coleman - Literally Me, 2015 by Aaron Smith

Kurt Coleman - Literally Me, 2015

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Hugo Wolfsohn

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

2 portraits in the collection

Fred Gruen

Fred Gruen AO

Professor Fred Gruen (1921-1997) was one of Australia's most influential economists.

1 portrait in the collection

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Erwin Fabian

Erwin Fabian (1915-2020) was a sculptor, industrial designer and graphic artist.

3 portraits in the collection

Henry Mayer

Henry Mayer

Henry Mayer (1919-1991) was Professor of Government at Sydney University from the 1960s to 1980s.

2 portraits in the collection

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Scott Redford

Scott Redford (b. 1962) is a highly significant and influential Australian contemporary artist who has been exhibiting since the early 1980s.

2 portraits in the collection

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer, 1982

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2003

Hilda Heley, 2015 Peter Wegner

Drawn from life

Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2021

Penelope Grist discovers the rich narratives in Peter Wegner’s series of centenarian portraits.

Andrew B Charlton

Andrew B Charlton

Andrew B Charlton

Andrew B Charlton, 1930s

an unknown artist

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph with orginal authographed sheet on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer, 1990

George Gittoes AM

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Robyn Archer AO 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

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