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John Olsen AO CBE
Biography
John Olsen AO OBE (1928–2023), painter, was one of the major figures in 20th-century Australian art.
8 portraits in the collection
John Olsen AO
Biography
John Olsen AO (b. 1945), diplomat and former politician, grew up in South Australia and began his public career as its youngest-ever mayor, assuming that office in Kadina in 1974.
1 portrait in the collection
John Olsen
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1962
John Olsen - En plein air, 1996
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Olsen, 1993
Robin Sellick
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
John Olsen, 1971
Clifton Pugh AO
Portrait, oil on board
Gift of the Bardas families, in memory of Sandra Bardas OAM and David Bardas AO 2024. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Olsen AO, CBE, 2017
Nicholas Harding
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Olsen, 1996
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Olsen, 1979
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Olsen, Woollahra, Sydney, 1962 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
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.
Clifton Pugh and John Olsen, Dunmoochin, 1969
Mark Strizic
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Stephen, Russell and David Page, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Penny Sackett
From Earth to Sky
Portrait story
Professor Penny Sackett, Australian National University and former Chief Scientist for Australia (2008-2011) talks about her life in science.
Penny Tweedie
Biography
Aboriginal people and their culture have been the focus of much of Penny Tweedie's photography during the last period of her career.
47 portraits in the collection
Penny Sackett
Biography
Penny Sackett (b. 1956), physicist, astronomer and former Chief Scientist for Australia, gained her undergraduate degree in her home state of Nebraska, USA, before earning a PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Pittsburgh in 1984.
1 portrait in the collection
Penny Sackett
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2014