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Michel Lawrence
Biography
Michel Lawrence (b.1948) was born in Kings Cross, Sydney and raised in Canterbury, Melbourne.
3 portraits in the collection
Lloyd Rees, 1987
Michel Lawrence
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Athol Shmith, 1985
Michel Lawrence
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
The Boys Next Door, 1978
Michel Lawrence
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Lawrence Cox AO
Biography
Laurence Cox AO (b. 1938), a director of the Australian Stock Exchange from its inception in 1987 and its chairman from 1989 to 1994, was an executive director of Macquarie Group Limited from 1996 to 2009; chairman of the Transurban Group from 1996 to 2007 and chairman of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute from 1994 to 2009.
1 portrait in the collection
Bain Stewart, 2012
by Ray Lawrence
Image
Redfern, I love you - Alan, 2012
by Ben Lawrence
Image
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Biography
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) was one of the leading portrait painters of the Georgian era.
8 portraits in the collection
Marjorie Lawrence
Biography
Marjorie Lawrence CBE (1907-1979), dramatic soprano, studied singing from 1925 in Melbourne, moving to study with Cécile Gilly in Paris in 1928 after winning the Geelong Sun Aria competition.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Lawrence Wackett KBE DFC AFC
Biography
Sir Lawrence Wackett KBE DFC AFC (1896-1982), aircraft designer, pilot and entrepreneur, was educated at the Duntroon Military Academy, and was later chosen as a member of the newly formed Australian Flying Corps.
2 portraits in the collection
Lawrence Daws
Biography
When John Webber R.A. (c. 1752-1793), the son of a Swiss sculptor, living in London, submitted his work to the Royal Academy Schools, one of the first to admire his paintings was Dr Daniel Solander, the Swedish naturalist who had accompanied Cook and Banks on the first voyage.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles William Vane-Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Image
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Image
William Wilberforce
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Image
Lawrence Bonaventure Sheil OSF
Biography
Lawrence Bonaventure Sheil OSF (1815-1872), Catholic bishop, was educated in Ireland and Rome, where he taught for some time after his ordination in 1839.
3 portraits in the collection
Lawrence Cox, 1994
Brian Dunlop
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Australian Securities Exchange 2012
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program