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Professor John Mulvaney AO CMG
Biography
Emeritus Professor Derek John Mulvaney AO CMG (1925–2016), one of Australia’s foremost prehistorians, has often been described as the father of Australian archaeology.
1 portrait in the collection
Professor John Mulvaney, 1984
Janenne Eaton
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of John and Jean Mulvaney 2000
Professor Derek Freeman
Biography
Derek Freeman (1916–2001) was an anthropologist. Born in New Zealand, he gained his doctorate from Cambridge before moving to Canberra in 1955 to work at the Australian National University.
1 portrait in the collection
Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC
Biography
Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC (1924-2022), physiologist, was born in Launceston and graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1947.
3 portraits in the collection
Portrait of Professor Derek Freeman, 1996
Ralph Heimans AM
Portrait, pencil and pastel on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Professor Derek Denton, 2009
Janet Dawson
Portrait, pastel on paper
Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Equation of a life – a portrait of Derek Denton
9 September 2016
Archived media releases 2016
The National Portrait Gallery, has welcomed the newest portrait commission of Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC by Evert Ploeg.
Equation of a life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton, 2016
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, oil on linen
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016
Study for commissioned portrait, "Equation of life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton", 2016
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, print on transparency film
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016
Derek
The Huxleys
Image
Janenne Eaton
Biography
Janenne Eaton (b.1950) lectured in painting at the Canberra School of Art from 1980 to 1991, and became well known for drawings depicting the bleaker aspects of Canberra's urban enviroment.
1 portrait in the collection
Study "Radical Restraint: A Portrait of Michael Kirby", 1998
Ralph Heimans AM
Portrait, pencil and crayon on paper
Gift of the artist 2001
Dame Margaret Scott, 1949
Kenneth Rowell AM
Portrait, pen and ink, brush and ink and watercolour on paper
Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Leaving Lost, 2013
by Frazer Bull-Clark
General content
Finalist, MDPA 2013
Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE
Biography
Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE (1922-2019) ballerina and teacher, was scarred by her education in a Johannesburg convent boarding school and left her home on a Swaziland farm in 1939.
1 portrait in the collection
Before hand
The private life of a portrait
Previous exhibition, 2020
Revealing the backstories behind the NPG collection, Before hand features interviews with artists and sitters as well as working drawings, scrapbooks, sketches and footage taken in artists’ studios and out on location.