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Nic, 2010
by Phil Roubin
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Millie, 2012
by Phil Roubin
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Phil May
Biography
Phil May (1864–1903), cartoonist, was born in Leeds and educated there before his family’s financial circumstances saw him leave school and start work at age thirteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Ian
Phil Went
Image
Northern exposure
Magazine article by Phil Manning, 2017
Phil Manning celebrates a century of Brisbane photographic portraiture.
Phil (Phil May), 1895
Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
David Armstrong, B.A., B. Phil., 1959
Clifton Pugh AO
Portrait, oil on masonite
Gift of Jennifer Armstrong 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Tommy Emmanuel
Biography
Tommy Emmanuel AM (b. 1955), guitarist, was taught to play by his mother and is said to have been a working musician by the age of six.
1 portrait in the collection
Headspace 6
Who Am I?
Previous exhibition, 2005
The sixth in the National Portrait Gallery’s series of student exhibitions, will feature 200 portrait artworks, both two and three-dimensional, from secondary school students from across Australia
1 to 6
Magazine article by David Sequeira, 2005
The National Portrait Gallery's annual survey of student self portraiture highlights the processes of personal inquiry through portraiture by students from all levels across Australia.
Alf Vincent
Biography
Alfred Vincent began working for the Bulletin in 1896, taking over from the renowned Phil May, his idol, with whom he was often - inevitably - unfavourably compared.
1 portrait in the collection
Percy Spence
Biography
Percy Spence, born in Balmain, grew up in Fiji and began art classes in Sydney in about 1888.
1 portrait in the collection
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
Troppo Architects
General content
The studios of Troppo Architects are located away from Australia’s major urban centres.
Michael Kelly, 1998
Rick Amor
Portrait, soft ground etching on paper.
Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Kenneth W. Catchpole OAM
Biography
Ken Catchpole OAM (1939-2017), former rugby union international, excelled at various sports in his school years in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, but began to show real prowess in rugby as a student at Scot’s College in the 1950s.
1 portrait in the collection