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Robert Oatley AO
1928–2016
About Face article
The National Portrait Gallery mourns the loss of one our most generous benefactors, Robert Oatley AO.
Mr Robert Oatley AO
Biography
Robert Oatley AO (1928–2016), businessman, was one of Australia’s most successful wine industry figures.
The Quiet Australian
Magazine article by Brian Dale, 2001
Robert Oatley talks about the repatriation of the John Webber portrait of Captain James Cook.
Cook in context
Magazine article by Diana Warnes, 2007
Robert Oatley's continuing benefaction has helped the National Portrait Gallery acquire works that add another layer to the story of Captain Cook.
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
Robert Kermode
Biography
Robert Quayle Kermode (1812-1870), politician, was born on the Isle of Man and educated at Castletown.
1 portrait in the collection
Robert Fielding
'Looking deep within the eye of a person'
Portrait story
Robert Fielding on capturing the beauty and the essence of his people.
Robert Hannaford AM
Biography
Robert Hannaford AM (b. 1944), a largely self-taught artist, grew up on his family farm near the small South Australian town of Riverton before working as political cartoonist for the Adelaide Advertiser from 1964 to 1967.
6 portraits in the collection
Robert Bénard
Biography
Robert Bénard engraved, or directed the engraving of, at least 1800 plates for Diderot's groundbreaking Encyclopédie, published between 1751 and 1772.
1 portrait in the collection
Robert Rooney, self portrait December 1978, 1978 (printed 2012)
Robert Rooney
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Robert Rooney
Biography
Robert Rooney (1937-2017), painter, conceptual artist and photographer, studied at Swinburne Technical college from 1954 to 1957.
17 portraits in the collection