Diana Warnes discusses the portrait of the Australian mathematician Terence Tao.
Robert Hannaford has completed around 400 portraits over the span of his career.
Chris O'Doherty, also known as Reg Mombassa, is best-known for his Mambo imagery but he also paints a lot of self portraits.
Martin Sharp fulfils the Pop art idiom of merging art and life.
Robert Oatley's continuing benefaction has helped the National Portrait Gallery acquire works that add another layer to the story of Captain Cook.
Diana Warnes explores the lives of Hal and Katherine 'Kate' Hattam through their portraits painted by Fred Williams and Clifton Pugh.
Diana O’Neil samples the tartan treats on offer in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Diana O’Neil on Noel Counihan’s vivid 1971 portrait of Alan Marshall.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Patricia Tryon Macdonald 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Kristin Headlam's portrait of Chris Wallace-Crabbe was acquired with the support of the Circle of Friends in 2014.
June Mendoza AO OBE, born into a musical family in Melbourne, has lived in England for many years.
1 portrait in the collection
From Shakespeare to Winehouse, Darwin to Dickens, the Beatles, Brontë sisters and Beckham, the National Portrait Gallery London holds the world’s most extensive collection of portraits.
Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (1913-1999), journalist, novelist and poet, was the third in the MacCallum dynasty of scholars, writers and academics.
2 portraits in the collection
Join us for our film series exploring themes, stories and lives celebrated in our special exhibition Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Diana de Kessler 2009
This exhibition focuses on exploring national and communal identity through sculptural production in Australia, from the early decades of settlement through to the present day
