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Albert and his wife Rubina, Macdonnell Ranges, 1946
Axel Poignant
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Purchased 1999
Rubina Namatjira
Biography
Rubina (Ilkalita) Namatjira (1903–1974) was a Kukatja woman and the wife of famous Western Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira.
1 portrait in the collection
Together on Country
Magazine article by Dr Emma Kindred, 2025
Emma Kindred considers the artistic lineage and deep Ancestral connection between Vincent Namatjira and his great-grandfather Albert Namatjira.
Albert and Vincent, 2024
Vincent Namatjira OAM
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on linen
Purchased with funds provided by the Calvert-Jones Foundation, Liangis Family Foundation and the Portrait Dinner Series 2024
Albert Namatjira
'You must not lose it'
Portrait story
The art and landscape of Albert Namatjira.
Albert Namatjira
Biography
Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira (1902–1959) is one of Australia's most celebrated and important artists.
7 portraits in the collection
Albert Namatjira, Artist, Alice Springs, c. 1957
Ern McQuillan OAM
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2003
Pair of bookends with portraits of Albert Namatjira, c. 1950
Don Mount
Portrait, wood and glazed ceramic
Gift of Ron Radford 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Albert Namatjira, 1958
Sir William Dargie CBE
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC and with the assistance of Philip Bacon Galleries 2000
Albert Namatjira, c. 1954-1958 (printed 2017)
Charles Chauvel
Portrait, inkjet print from a scanned colour transparency on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Dr HV Evatt, Albert Namatjira and Dame Mary Gilmore having a meal, c. 1950s
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2008
Rex Battarbee
Biography
Rex Battarbee OBE (1893-1973), art teacher, had no formal training in art before he won the Melbourne Centenary Prize for Watercolour in 1934.
1 portrait in the collection
WHO ARE YOU
Australian portraiture
Previous exhibition, 2022
Featuring 130 works across painting, film, photography, screen printing, sculpture, and then some – it explores our inner worlds, outer selves, intimacy, isolation, celebrity and more.
Portrait 73
Magazine
Glynis Traill-Nash explores a new Romance Was Born commission, Emma Kindred looks at Vincent Namatjira, and Rebecca Blake profiles NPPP finalist Gerwyn Davies.
Wenten Rubuntja AM
Biography
Wenten Rubuntja AM (1923–2005) was an Arrernte law man, committee and board member, artist, historian, storyteller and intermediary.
2 portraits in the collection
Wenten Rubuntja, 1998
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.