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Lazar Krum
Mirka and Philippe - 9 Collins Street, c. 1966 (printed 2015)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2015
Philippe Mora
Biography
Philippe Mora (b. 1949), filmmaker, artist and writer, is the eldest son of artist Mirka Mora and restauranteur and gallery owner Georges Mora.
1 portrait in the collection
Charles Blackman OBE
Portrait of Georges Mora, 1956
Portrait, oil on paper laid on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Greg Weight
Mirka Mora, 2001
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Andrew Sibley
Mirka Mora, 1983
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Lazar Krum
William - Aspendale, 1966 (printed 2015)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2015
Mirka Mora
Mirka by Mirka, 2000
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2021
Lazar Krum
Mirka - 9 Collins Street, c. 1966 (printed 2015)
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Gift of the artist 2015
Georges Mora
Biography
Georges Mora (1913-1992) was born Gunter Morawski to a Leipzig Jewish bourgeois family of Polish descent.
1 portrait in the collection
Mora of New York
Kate Girard, c. 1885
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
William Mora
Biography
William Mora (1953–2023), art dealer and gallerist, was the eldest son of artist Mirka Mora and restauranteur and gallery owner Georges Mora.
1 portrait in the collection
Mirka Mora
Biography
Mirka Mora (1928–2018), French-born artist and restaurateur, narrowly escaped Auschwitz as a girl.
5 portraits in the collection
It's a Mora!
Magazine article by Tedi Bills, 2016
Select extracts from Mirka Mora's autobiography, Wicked but Virtuous, provide rich accompaniment to recent Gallery acquisitions.
Charles Blackman OBE
Girl (portrait of Barbara Blackman), 1969
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Purchased 2009
an unknown artist
Dame Nellie Melba,
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007
Ernest Walter Histed
Nellie Melba, 1898
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010