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Rupert Murdoch AC KCSG
Biography
Rupert Murdoch AC (b. 1931) is widely regarded as the world's most influential media mogul.
2 portraits in the collection
Rupert Murdoch, 2005
Ben Baker
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Rupert Murdoch, c. 1986
Joe Greenberg
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Rupert Bunny
Biography
Rupert Charles Wulsten Bunny (1864–1947) was one of the most celebrated Australian expatriate artists of his generation, achieving a degree of success in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s that was unmatched by his peers.
3 portraits in the collection
Self portrait with scarf, c. 1930s
Rupert Bunny
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Philip Bacon AM 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir Rupert Hamer AC KCMG ED
Biography
Sir Rupert ‘Dick’ Hamer AC KCMG (1916-2004) was premier of Victoria from 1972 to 1981.
1 portrait in the collection
Rupert C.W. Bunny, 1928
Arthur T. Woodward
Portrait, watercolour and gouache on strawboard
Gift of Ben Travers 2021. Donated through Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir Keith Murdoch
Biography
Sir Keith Murdoch (1886–1952), journalist and media proprietor, was dux of his Melbourne school before becoming a cadet journalist for the Age in 1904.
1 portrait in the collection
Study for portrait of Sir Rupert 'Dick" Hamer', 2009
Lewis Miller
Portrait, oil on linen
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sir Andrew Grimwade CBE 2018
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Dame Nellie Melba, c. 1901
Rupert Bunny
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE
Biography
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE (1909–2012), philanthropist, was the widow of Sir Keith Murdoch and mother of the publisher, Rupert Murdoch.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG
Biography
Sir Walter Murdoch KCMG (1874–1970), academic and essayist, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to Australia with his family in 1884.
1 portrait in the collection
Sir Keith Murdoch, 1944
Danila Vassilieff
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Serafin Martinez and Thai Loi 2013
Doodles of the Diva
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Three tiny sketches of Dame Nellie Melba in the NPG collection were created by the artist who was to go on to paint the most imposing representation of the singer: Rupert Bunny.
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
Magazine article by Simon Elliott, 2002
The story behind the commissioning of the tapesty portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch.
Sir Walter Murdoch, 1920s (printed later)
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2012