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Lyndon Dadswell CMG
Biography
Lyndon Dadswell CMG (1908-1986) studied at the Julian Ashton School before working with Rayner Hoff from 1926 to 1929 and Paul Montford from 1929 to 1935.
3 portraits in the collection
Lyndon Dadswell
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1960
Self portrait in plus fours, c. 1939 (cast 2003)
Lyndon Dadswell CMG
Portrait, cast bronze
Purchased 2004
Lyndon Dadswell, with his sculpture 'Native', c. 1950
Kerry Dundas
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
E. W. Knox, 1933
Lyndon Dadswell CMG
Portrait, cast plaster, painted
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter and Susan Dadswell 2015
Lyndon, 2014
by Janie Barrett
Image
Peter Travis AM
Biography
Peter Travis AM (1929-2016), ceramic artist, designer and teacher, was born in the beachside Sydney suburb of Manly.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter Travis, 1971 (printed 2009)
Douglas Thompson
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
John Dowie AM
Biography
John Dowie AM (1915–2008), artist and teacher, is best known for his public sculptures held in most Australian capital cities.
1 portrait in the collection
Ron Robertson-Swann OAM
Biography
Ron Robertson-Swann (b. 1941), sculptor, teacher and painter, studied at the National Art School (NAS) under Lyndon Dadswell in the late 1950s.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Asher Joel
Biography
Sir Asher Joel (1912-1998), public relations entrepreneur and state politician, started out as a copyboy at Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.
1 portrait in the collection
Harold Holt, 1969
Victor Greenhalgh
Portrait, cast bronze on granite base
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Paul and Wendy Greenhalgh 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Sir Asher Joel, n.d.
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
President Johnson and Prime Minister Holt at Canberra Airport, 1966 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
To Look Within
Self Portraits in Australia
Previous exhibition, 2004
This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of self-portraits in Australia, from the colonial period to the present
Primed
Some Prime Ministers
Previous exhibition, 2019
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.