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The art of multiplicity
Magazine article by Meredith Hughes, 2019
Meredith Hughes explores a key Portrait Gallery work, emerging into the infinite iterations of identity.
Meredith Rogers
Biography
Meredith Rogers, theatre director and academic, studied at the University of Melbourne and worked between 1974 and 1979 with Kiffy Rubbo at the Ewing and George Paton Galleries.
1 portrait in the collection
Meredith Rogers, September 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Robert Rooney
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Sir Walter Crocker, 1995
Meredith Russell
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Robert Crocker 2003
Tom Hughes AO KC
Biography
Hon Thomas Hughes AO KC (1923-2024), lawyer and former politician, was born in Sydney and educated at Riverview before serving in the RAAF during World War 2.
3 portraits in the collection
Robert Hughes AO
Biography
Robert Hughes AO (1938-2012) was the senior art critic for Time magazine and one of Australia’s famous expatriates of the 1960s.
6 portraits in the collection
Miriam Vale Merlo Coffee Shop
Peter Hughes
Image
William Morris Hughes
Biography
William Morris Hughes (1862-1952) was Labor and National Party Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923.
4 portraits in the collection
Hon Tom Hughes KC, 2001
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003
Robert Hughes, 1996
Rex Dupain
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Preparatory study of Tom Hughes, 2003
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, brown chalk and pastel on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003
Preparatory study for the portrait of the Hon Tom Hughes KC, 2001
Jiawei Shen
Portrait, ball point pen on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull 2003
Billy Hughes, n.d.
Will Dyson
Portrait, pen and ink wash on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Hughes - Nothing if not critical, 2001
Bill Leak
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2002
Robert Hughes, 1963
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, mixed media on composite board
Gift of the Estate of Louis Kahan 2024. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Robert Hughes, 1962
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, pen and ink on paper
Purchased 1998