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Rene Rivkin, Stockbroker,
Joe Greenberg
Portrait, watercolour, coloured pencil, crayon and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Young Mo (Roy Rene)
'The artist's notebook'
Portrait story
An interview with Australian artist and collector of quirky artefacts, Martin Sharp.
Young Mo (Roy Rene), 1977
Martin Sharp
Portrait, oil on galvanised iron
Gift of Richard Wherrett 1998. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Rene Primevere Lesson, c. 1830
Ambroise Tardieu
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Pulangkita pitjangu (When the blanket came), 2019
Rene Kulitja and Rhett Hammerton
Image
Portrait of a Girl Eating, 2006
by Leyla Stevens
Image
Harold Thornton
Biography
The life of eccentric Sydney artist Harry 'The Kangaroo' Thornton is yet to be thoroughly researched.
2 portraits in the collection
Paul Gaimard
Biography
Paul Gaimard (1796-1858), naturalist and naval surgeon, joined the French navy after distinguishing himself at the naval medical school at Toulon.
1 portrait in the collection
The eye and the heart
About Face article
Nici Cumpston immerses herself in the collective vision of the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020.
Jaq Grantford
Biography
Melbourne-born artist Jaq Grantford has been a finalist multiple times in portrait prizes such as the Black Swan Prize, the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award, the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and the Portia Geach Memorial Award.
1 portrait in the collection
Marion Borgelt
Biography
Marion Borgelt (b. 1954) grew up on a farm in the Wimmera district in western Victoria and attained her Diploma in Fine Art, majoring in painting, from the South Australian School of Art in 1976.
1 portrait in the collection
Melanie Faith Dove
Finalist interviews
I had been watching Agnes with intrigue, her face and profile were so mesmerizing. On our final day together I pulled her aside and convinced her that she had such an amazing face that I needed to get a photograph for myself. It was very spontaneous in that I decided quickly how it would best look and shot it in only two frames.
To arrive at hope
NPPP 2020 exhibition essay
General content
Penelope Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2020 Prize.
Shadows of light
Magazine article by Mark Haworth-Booth, 2002
Mark Haworth-Booth explains why Bill Brandt is one of the most important British photographers of the Twentieth Century.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020
Previous exhibition, 2020
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
Oz and beyond
Magazine article by Diana Warnes, 2007
Martin Sharp fulfils the Pop art idiom of merging art and life.