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Gift of the artist 2001
Purchased with funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2009
Nic Walker spent his early years in Cairo and Beijing with his father Tony Walker, a foreign correspondent.
1 portrait in the collection
Sue Walker (b. 1936) is a weaver and arts administrator. After studying fine arts in Melbourne she began her professional career as a weaver in London.
1 portrait in the collection
Max Walker AM (1948–2016) was one of a small group of sportsmen to have played both senior VFL/AFL football and Test cricket.
1 portrait in the collection
Don Walker (b. 1951) is considered one of Australia's best songwriters.
1 portrait in the collection
Theresa Walker is acknowledged as Australia’s first female sculptor.
3 portraits in the collection
Adela Russell Walker (1847–1932), the youngest of her parents' thirteen children, was born in Longford and was 22 when she married George Coleridge Nixon, who was the son of Francis Russell Nixon – an amateur artist and Anglican Bishop of Tasmania from 1843 to 1862.
1 portrait in the collection
Anna Frances Walker (1830–1913), botanical artist and collector, was one of the thirteen children of Thomas Walker, a high-ranking colonial public servant, and his wife Anna Elizabeth, the daughter of merchant and landowner John Blaxland.
1 portrait in the collection
Kerry Walker AM, actor, graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1974 and made her professional stage debut in a melée in Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet with the Australian Ballet.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by James Bain AM and Janette Bain 2010
Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gift of the artist 2023
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Stuart Campbell 2012
Purchased 2022
Purchased 2022
Purchased 1999
Purchased 1999
Gift of the artist 2021
An interview with Victorian Tapestry Workshop artists Sue Walker and Christopher Pyett.
Purchased 1999
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Dr Christopher Chapman describes the experimental exhibition Portraits + Architecture
Sydney-based practice Johnson Pilton Walker designed the new National Portrait Gallery building.
Gift of Richard Brian Close, Githabul people, Woodenbong 2000. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Wheelchairs and walkers are available at no charge. Please ask our friendly staff at the Information Desk or book here online. Wheelchair access is available in our public spaces, with lift access from the underground to the public ground level.
Recorded 1976
Finalist, MDPA 2013
Recorded 1976
Purchased 2015
Finalist, iD2012
Gift of Ronald Walker 2002
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993), formerly Kath Walker, was a Quandamooka woman, activist, poet, writer and educator.
5 portraits in the collection
This exhibition explores creative process and identity.
According to an 1981 Australian Women’s Weekly profile of fast bowler Dennis Lillee, a moustache was a ‘compulsory’ accessory for sportsmen.
Reconnect and reflect with our new major exhibition, Australian Love Stories (in real life!) as we explore love, affection and connection in all its guises.
Gift of Ronald Walker 2002
Jessie Whyte (née Walker, 1779–1864). Born in Berwickshire, Scotland, Jessie married George Whyte (d.
1 portrait in the collection
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Purchased 2017
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
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
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Marriage: a prolonged disaster
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Gift of Ronald Walker 2002
Gift of Ronald A Walker 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Poetic trio
Natural light and human proportions – the design by Johnson Pilton Walker
Gift of the artist 2010
Purchased 2004
Gift of the artist 2009
Jimmy Barnes AO (b. 1956), singer/songwriter, is a solo performer and the former lead singer of the quintessential Australian pub band, Cold Chisel.
3 portraits in the collection
Purchased 2003
Gift of Ronald Walker 2002
Sir William Northam CBE (1905-1988), yachtsman, won the gold medal in the 5.5 m class event at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
1 portrait in the collection
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2000
Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001
Maurice Appleby Felton (1803-1842) arrived in Sydney with his wife and four children in late 1839 as surgeon to the immigrant ship the Royal Admiral.
3 portraits in the collection
In 1976, without having been blooded on the Sydney or Melbourne pub circuit, The Saints recorded a single – ‘(I’m) Stranded’ – earning them the distinction of releasing a punk single before The Sex Pistols did.
‘The Australian Wonder’, Johnny Day (1856–1885), was an undefeated world-champion juvenile walker.
1 portrait in the collection
Purchased 2014
Explore the beauty and symbolism of flowers in this weird and wonderful floral extravaganza that showcases more than 50 portraits from the collection, new acquisitions and selected loans.
Andrew Sayers outlines the highlights of the National Portrait Gallery's display of portrait sculpture.
The inaugural winner of the $10,000 iD Digital Portraiture Award was announced this morning at the National Portrait Gallery.
Krysia Kitch celebrates Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
The National Portrait Gallery recently announced the finalists for the Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2013.
The design concepts behind the new National Portrait Gallery building in Canberra.
This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of self-portraits in Australia, from the colonial period to the present
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Access support for visitors with sensory sensitivities or autism.
On show in Gallery 3, One-on-one showcases portraits of pairs from the collection from the 1800s to today.
Curator Michael Desmond introduces the exhibition Truth and Likeness, an investigation of the importance of likeness to portraiture.
'I have just been to my dressing case to take a peep at you.
When a portrait communicates determination and individuality as boldly as these do, it has the potential to become an iconic image. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.
The considered matching of artist to subject has produced an amazing collection of unique and original works in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery
The photograph was a brief, candid moment, which unfolded into a portrait. Peter and I were in Silverton, NSW, chatting as our students explored the town. The weak afternoon light suddenly became dramatic and defined, so I asked Peter if I could take his portrait.
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
Gregory McBean writes about photographing recent ARIA Hall of Fame inductee, singer Stevie Wright.
The Chairman, Board, Director and all the Staff of the National Portrait Gallery mourn the loss of our Founding Patron, who died peacefully in Melbourne this morning. He was 94.
Sandra Phillips on portraits of Indigenous activism from Cairns Art Gallery’s 2019 Queen’s Land Blak Portraiture exhibition.
Certain European leaders (needless to name) had the effect of making certain styles of facial hair decidedly undesirable in the years immediately after World War 2.
John Zubrzycki meets Australian paint pioneer Jim Cobb.
This sample of 56 photographs takes in some of the smallest photographs we own and some of the largest, some of the earliest and some of the most recent, as well as multiple photographic processes from daguerreotypes to digital media.
Access support for a visiting the Gallery before the general 10:00am opening time.
This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.
Death masks, post-mortem drawings and other spooky and disquieting portraits... Come and see how portraits of infamous Australians were used in the 19th century.
An interview with the photographer.
I met Kaloti Parmjit the day I took the photo. I first visited the Sikh temple in the suburb of Glenwood to take photos as part of a social documentary project I'm undertaking for the State Library of NSW.
Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.
The Tate/SFMOMA exhibition Exposed examined the role of photography in voyeurism and how it challenges ideas of privacy and propriety.
Joanna Gilmour describes how colonial portraitists found the perfect market among social status seeking Sydneysiders.
In 1904, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia purchased as a gift for her sister, Queen Alexandra, a fan composed of two-color gold, guilloché enamel, mother-of-pearl, blond tortoiseshell, gold sequins, silk, cabochon rubies, and rose diamonds from the House of Fabergé in Saint Petersburg.
Christopher Chapman highlights the inaugural hang of the new National Portrait Gallery building which opened in December 2008.
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Jessica Bolton navigates the parallel tracks documenting Robyn Davidson’s astonishing journey.
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the lives of Sir George Grey and his wife Eliza, the subjects of a pair of wax medallions in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
Diana O’Neil samples the tartan treats on offer in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Alexandra Roginski gets a feel for phrenology’s fundamentals.
Aimee Board reveals method, motivation and mortality in the portraiture of Rod McNicol.
How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be
Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2014 Prize.
Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.
Some years ago my colleague Andrea Wolk Rager and I spent several days in the darkened basement of a Rothschild Bank, inspecting every one of the nearly 700 autochromes created immediately before World War I by the youthful Lionel de Rothschild.