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Sir Robert Menzies KT AK CH LLM QC
Biography
Rt Hon. Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT AK CH PC QC (1894-1978) was Prime Minister of Australia for a record total of 19 years: from 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966.
9 portraits in the collection
Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1966
Les Tanner
Portrait, cast plaster
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Emeritus Professor Colin A Hughes 2015
Sir Robert Menzies, 1985
Andor Meszaros
Portrait, cast bronze medallion on wood plaque
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Ray Marginson AM 2001
Robert Menzies, Sydney, 1963 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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.
Ming Vase (Sir Robert Menzies), c. 1970
Les Tanner, Gus McLaren
Portrait, glazed ceramic
Purchased 2004
Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1952
Louis Kahan AO
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen and ink on paper
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Robert Menzies, Lancaster House, London, 1956 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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.
Rt Hon. Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1962
Victor Greenhalgh
Portrait, cast bronze
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Bunting in honour of Sir John Bunting and the Menzies Foundation 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Sketch for Prime Minister Robert Menzies, 1960
Sir William Dobell OBE
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on paper
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999
Sir Robert Menzies, c. 1963-1964
an unknown artist
Portrait, colour process lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
Sidney Nolan and Robert Helpmann at Bonython Gallery, Adelaide Arts Festival, c. 1964 (printed 2015)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire (Hobart), 1808
Robert Dunkarton after Sir Thomas Lawrence
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Hunter, July 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Robert Rooney
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Dessaix, 1998
Robert Hannaford AM
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Robert Dessaix 2000
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Stephen and Russell Page, 1993 (printed 2011)
Robert Rosen
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Robert Rosen 2012
Robert Grieve
Biography
Robert Grieve (1924-2006), painter and printmaker, exhibited in Melbourne in 1948 before leaving for Europe and England, where he studied lithography at the Regent Polytechnic.
1 portrait in the collection