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Polly Borland
Yvonne Denise Kenny, 1999 (printed 2022)
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Yvonne D. Kenny AM
Biography
Australian soprano Yvonne Kenny AM (b. 1950) studied science at the University of Sydney before deciding to pursue an opera career instead.
1 portrait in the collection
David Moore
Yvonne Audette, Vaucluse, Sydney, 1968 (printed 2000)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
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
Greg Weight
Arthur and Yvonne, 1993
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Yvonne Audette AM
Portrait of Robert Klippel, 1980
Portrait, oil on composition board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Yvonne East
The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, 2018
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of the artist 2019 acknowledging Herbert Smith Freehills for supporting the creation of the portrait
Yvonne Audette AM
Biography
The artist Yvonne Audette was born in Sydney in 1930 She lived for many years in Europe and America, where she developed her interest in abstract expressionism, working and living among some of the seminal artists of the 20th century..
2 portraits in the collection
Yvonne East
Biography
Yvonne East was born in Meningie in regional South Australia and studied art at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, and the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter Brew-Bevan
Keith Urban, 2007
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2011
Adam Knott
Arthur Boyd in his studio at Bundanon, 1993
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Axel Poignant
Arthur Boyd, 1962
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Brenda L Croft
Russell Page in Venice, 1997
Portrait, triptych of type C photographs on paper
Purchased 2002
A bond of friendship
Magazine article by Yvonne Audette AM, 2005
Australia's major abstract painter Yvonne Audette discusses her portrait of sculptor Robert Kippel.
Meeting by Murder
Magazine article by Yvonne Audette AM, 2005
The story behind two colonial portraits; a lithograph of captain and convict John Knatchbull and newspaper illustration of Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke.
Tim Burstall
Biography
Tim Burstall (1927-2004) set up Eltham Films in the early 1950s, when the local film industry was moribund.
2 portraits in the collection
Heather McKean
Biography
Joy McKean OAM (b. 1930) and Heather McKean (b. 1932), country music performers, taught themselves to play various instruments and yodel.
1 portrait in the collection