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Binem Grunstein, c. 1948
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Harry Grunstein and Sarah Grunstein in memory of their father 2015
Binem Grunstein
Biography
Binem (Bill) Grunstein (1921-2013), garment manufacturer and artist, escaped the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941, having seen his parents and most of his family members die of typhus or disappear.
1 portrait in the collection
Sarah Tuckfield
Biography
Sarah Tuckfield neé Gilbart (c. 1808–1854), was the daughter of a Cornish farmer.
1 portrait in the collection
Sarah Bernhardt
Biography
Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923) was acclaimed as the greatest actor of her generation and had roles created for her by some of the finest writers of her age.
2 portraits in the collection
Sarah Fairfax
Biography
Sarah Reading (1808-1875) came to Sydney from England in 1838 with her husband, John Fairfax (1805-1877), who had left school at the age of twelve and been apprenticed to a printer and bookseller.
1 portrait in the collection
Dr Sarah Engledow
Biography
Dr Sarah Engledow was appointed Historian at the National Portrait Gallery in 1999.
Sarah Rhodes
Biography
Sarah Rhodes (b. 1974) studied fine art and psychology and later majored in journalism and photography, gaining her arts degree and a master’s in publishing from the University of Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
In your dreams
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2016
An excerpt from The Popular Pet Book.
The Popular Pet Show
Previous exhibition, 2016
This exhibition expresses the joy and warmth that many of us derive from our animal companions, and celebrates their trusting, unpretentious ways, with portraits of Australians and their furry, feathered and fluffy friends.
Pets of all types take over the National Portrait Gallery
3 November 2016
Archived media releases 2016
It is not every day that a national gallery turns its walls over to the animal companions that bring unconditional love and joy to their owners but this summer we have opened the doors to 15 contemporary artists with very different ways of depicting our furry, feathered and scaled pets.
Hope for kindness
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2018
Sarah Engledow arrives at the junction of fate and hope in Sarah Ball’s poignant Immigrants series.
Explore The Popular Pet Show
The artists and their furry friends
General content
Curator, Sarah Engledow, introduces the artists and the animals in The Popular Pet Show.
NPPP 2011 exhibition essay
General content
Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2011 Prize.
A real tweet
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2016
Sarah Engledow plays wingman to Leila Jeffreys.
Primed
Some Prime Ministers
Previous exhibition, 2019
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.
The World of Thea Proctor
Previous exhibition, 2005
The World of Thea Proctor is the Portrait Gallery's second major biographical exhibition - that is, the second exhibition to focus exclusively on the life and work of a single individual