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Mervyn Horton
Biography
Mervyn Horton AM (1917-1983), editor, art writer and entrepreneur, founded the journal Art and Australia in 1963 and edited it until his death in 1983.
1 portrait in the collection
Mervyn Horton
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1972
Mervyn Horton, 1964
Judy Cassab AO CBE
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Mervyn Bishop
Biography
Mervyn Bishop (b. 1945), a Murri photographer, began a cadetship with the Sydney Morning Herald in 1963.
6 portraits in the collection
Mervyn Godfrey OAM
Biography
Mervyn Godfrey OAM (1924-2013), Dean Godfrey (b. 1970), David Godfrey (b.
2 portraits in the collection
Jimmy Little, Dubbo Reconciliation Group Event, 2000
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
Anthony Mundine, 1992 (printed 2008)
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2008
Lionel Rose, World Champion Bantam Weight Boxer before departing to the USA to defend his title, 1968 (printed 2008)
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2008
Mervyn Godfrey, 2009
June Orford, Tim Ainsworth
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of June Orford 2009
Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) and Lowitja O’Donoghue at the opening of the inaugural National Aboriginal Conference, Canberra, 1978 (printed 2014)
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Aden Ridgeway & pallbearers entering Sydney Town Hall, State Funeral for Kwementyaye Perkins AO, 25th October 2000, 2000
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2001
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hand of traditional land owner Vincent Lingiari, 1975
Mervyn Bishop
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2000
The Godfrey family of Melways guides, 2009
Francis Reiss, June Orford, Tim Ainsworth
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Reverend John Allen Manton, President of the Australasian Conference and Governor of Horton College, Tasmania, c. 1855
an unknown artist
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
Judy Cassab
The artist's diary
Previous exhibition, 2013
The artist's diary profiles six decades of Cassab's work, from the early portrait commissions of the 1950s to later paintings that have helped confirm her eminent place in the canon of Australian portraiture.
Ourou-Maré, dit Bull-Dog par les Anglais, Jeune Guerrier de la Tribu des Gwé-Gal, 1807-1817
Barthélemy Roger after Nicolas-Martin Petit
Portrait, engraving on paper
Purchased 2009