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Bob Hawke

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.

Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam

Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam

Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam

Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam, 1986 (printed 2019)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Jim Conway

Selfhood transcended

Magazine article by Dr Anne Sanders and Dr Christopher Chapman, 2018

Anne Sanders and Christopher Chapman bring passionate characterisation to Express Yourself, the Portrait Gallery collection exhibition celebrating iconoclastic Australians.

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Portrait Donors

Robyn Archer, 2010

Real close

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2012

Peter Ciemitis breached regulations when creating the portrait of the polymath environmental scientist George Seddon.

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer, 1990

George Gittoes AM

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Robyn Archer AO 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Paul Grabowsky

Feel the music

Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2010

Dr Christopher Chapman discusses the portrait of Australian composer Paul Grabowsky by photographer Martin Philbey.

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer, 1982

Robert McFarlane

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2003

Robyn Archer

Robyn Archer AO

Robyn Archer AO (b. 1948), performer, writer and director, began singing at four years old.

3 portraits in the collection

John Gaden

John Gaden AM

John Gaden AM (b. 1941), actor, studied arts and law at the University of Sydney, but when he joined the Sydney University Players, he abandoned his other pursuits for the stage.

1 portrait in the collection

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