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Rudolph Buchner
Biography
Little is known of Rudolph Buchner, a Sydney photographer whose parents lived in Manly.
2 portraits in the collection
David Low, 1917
Rudolph Buchner
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Raymond Gosford Watt, c. 1936
Rudolph Buchner
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gabrielle Watt 2013
Dorothy Gordon, in part costume for Rudolph Valentino's "In Blood and Sand", c. 1922
Melbourne Spurr
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016
Oz Origins
A little bit louder now
General content
Australia’s passion for rock ‘n roll was kindled by American and British acts in the 1950s and 60s. The novel genre’s driving, licentious rhythms and voices captured imaginations and libidos, not to mention aspiring young musicians.
W. B. Gould
Biography
Liverpool-born William Buelow Gould (1803-1853) had worked as a draftsman for the London printmaker, Rudolph Ackermann, and as a painter for a Staffordshire pottery before being transported to Van Diemen’s Land for theft in 1827.
1 portrait in the collection
Mr John Eason, 1838
W. B. Gould
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2013
Glossy 2
Faces, Magazines, Now
Previous exhibition, 2005
Following the success of Glossy: Faces, Magazines, Now in 1999 the National Portrait Gallery again highlights the huge array of contemporary portraiture in the pages of magazines.
The shipwright's arms
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2013
Joanna Gilmour explores the life and times of convict-turned-artist William Buelow Gould.