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Eric Smith

Recorded 1962

Eric Thake

Recorded 1961

The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith, 1973

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Eric Smith 2019

Mr Thake - Dr So and So, 1959

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

The rock and the flies, 1952

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

Sunshine and rain, Lygon Street, 1964

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

Epstein/Einstein? I can never remember!, 1962

Gift of Professor Van Sommers 2011

Figure in a rocky landscape, 1965

Gift of Professor Peter Van Sommers 2011

Self portrait among the ant hills, 1950

Gift of Professor Peter Van Sommers 2011

Desert Island, 1967

Gift of Professor Peter Van Sommers 2011

Self portrait, 1950

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

Sir Eric Neal, Boral, Westpac,

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001

Eric Bana, 2006 (printed 2012)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2012

Hendrik Kolenberg, 1995

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Eric Smith 2019

Eric Leo Susman, 1955

Gift of Christine Godden 2017

Eric McIllree, 1971

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Janice McIllree 2012
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Peter Sculthorpe, 1982

Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2004

Richard Divall OBE in the church mantle of the Order of Malta, 1999

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Bequest of Richard Divall AO OBE 2017

Neville Gruzman, 1968

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

Creative space

Eric Smith describes the agony and finally the ecstasy of winning the 1982 Archibald Prize with the portrait of Peter Sculthorpe.

Julian Rossi Ashton, 1933

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Philip Bacon AM 2012

Eric Douglas, c. 1930

Gift of Sally Douglas 2009

Hendrik Kolenberg and Hector Gilliland in Eric's studio, c. 1993

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Eric Smith 2019

Great stylists: Caruso, Melba, Pavarotti, Bonynge and Sutherland, 1983

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Eric Harding and Athol Hawke 2002

Captain Francis de Groot, 1932

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Silent Strength

Wayne Quilliam

The important part about it is is where it was captured. That's the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival, where our remote communities gather every two years to celebrate culture, to share knowledge, and to share stories.

Stephen Murray-Smith, 1980

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lyn Williams AM 2011
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Martin Sharp, 1980

Purchased 2003

Face the Music

Australia has become recognised for the range and talent of its musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities in general associated with the music industry

Rarely Everage

The exhibition begins with Barry's childhood in Camberwell, Melbourne and chronicles his days as a struggling actor in Australia and England, his creation of characters including Barry McKenzie, Dame Edna Everage, Sandy Stone and Sir Les Patterson

Martin Sharp, c. 1974

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Gladys Moncrieff, 1920s

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sally Douglas 2009

Self portrait, 1965

Gift of the Estate of Nicolaas van der Waarden 2013

Portrait of Ruth Cracknell as the Sibyl, 1995

Purchased 2000

Hélène Kirsova in Petrouchka, 1936-1937

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rex Dupain 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Olegas Truchanas, 1971

Purchased 2005

Inner Worlds

Portraits of Australia’s pioneering psychologists and artworks by artists fascinated by the subconscious mind.

Clive James, 1999

Purchased 2001

Eleanor Dark, c. 1935 (printed 1940)

Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Australians in Hollywood

Although perceived to be a recent phenomenon, the 'Aussie invasion' of Hollywood can actually be traced as far back as the early 1900s

Collection: Icons

The second instalment of a display featuring bold contemporary portraits drawn from the collection. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.

Martin Sharp, 1986

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Humdinger

At a meeting by teleconference of the National Portrait Gallery Foundation last week, I found myself reporting that our forthcoming exhibition So Fine is going to be “a humdinger,” whereupon Tim Fairfax chuckled and said that he hadn’t heard that expression for years.

Of ice and men

Frank Hurley's celebrated images document the heroism and minutiae of Australian exploration in Antarctica.

Mark Strizic

This exhibition traces the creative output of nearly 50 years by one of Australia's landmark living photographers.

No Laughing Matter

The biographical exhibition of Barry Humphries was the first display of its kind at the National Portrait Gallery.

Now Listen...

Artist Tessa Jones recalls creating her portrait of Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock singer and music producer, Ross Wilson.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

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.

Face the music

Drawn from the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Face the Music explores the remarkable talents and achievements of Australian musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities associated with the music industry.

To Look Within

This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of self-portraits in Australia, from the colonial period to the present

First Ladies

First Ladies profiles women who have achieved noteworthy firsts over the past 100 years.

Australian Visit

The exhibition will include works of art from the NPG Canberra's permanent collection with some inward loans and aims to highlight the achievements of notable Australians.

Poet of the Fleeting Moment

Mark Strizic's work crosses a broad spectrum of photographic fields including urban, industrial, commercial, and architectural photography. 

Corporate Characters

A collection of thirty-seven caricatures by the artist Joe Greenberg capture the heroes and villians of Australian business in the 1980s.

Generous Janice

Dr Sarah Engledow puts four gifts to the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection in context.

International issue

Michael Desmond looks at the history of the Vanity Fair magazine in conjunction with the exhibition Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008

Oz and beyond

Martin Sharp fulfils the Pop art idiom of merging art and life.

Star signs

Barry York charts the course from childhood request to autographed celebrity portrait anthology.

Written in Water

Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis, photographers and conservationists, shared a love of photography and exploring wilderness areas of Tasmania.

Portrait Donors

Giving a dam

Ensconced and meditative in crisp Tasmania, Joanna Gilmour pays tribute to passionate green advocate and photographer Olegas Truchanas.

The mind's eye

Christopher Chapman takes a trip through the doors of perception, arriving at the junction of surrealism and psychoanalysis.

The life of Bryant

Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.

In good company

Jean Appleton’s 1965 self portrait makes a fine addition to the National Portrait Gallery’s collection writes Joanna Gilmour.

The activist A-list

Dr Sarah Engledow examines a number of figures in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery who were pioneers or substantial supporters of the seminal Australian environmental campaigns of the early 1970s and 1980s.

Noel McKenna

It’s a matter beyond dispute that in the entire history of Australian art, it’s Noel McKenna who’s painted the liveliest rendition of the head of a Chihuahua.

The personal and the historical

Where do we draw a line between the personal and the historical? Although she died in Melbourne in 1975, when I was not quite eleven years old, I have the vividest memories of my maternal grandmother Helen Borthwick.

The silent partner

One half of the team that was Eltham Films left scarcely a trace in the written historical record, but survives in a vivid portrait.