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Joy Hester (1920-1960) was the only female member of the Angry Penguin movement, which included artists Tucker, Sidney Nolan and Arthur Boyd.
1 portrait in the collection
Paul Hester (1959–2005), musician and former drummer for Crowded House, was born in Melbourne.
2 portraits in the collection
Gift of the artist 2021
Gift of the artist 2021
Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Happiness to heartache
Crowded House is a much-loved Australian-New Zealand rock band formed in Melbourne in 1985 by talented singer/songwriter Neil Finn OBE (b.
3 portraits in the collection
Singer/songwriter and guitarist Neil Finn OBE (b. 1958) was born in Te Awamutu, Aotearoa New Zealand, a small town on the north island.
3 portraits in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
Purchased 2009
Patrick McCaughey explores a striking Boyd self portrait.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Barbara Blackman 2009
Barbara Blackman AO (b. 1928), writer, poet and arts patron, was only fifteen when the ABC Weekly published one of her poems.
5 portraits in the collection
Portraits of Australia’s pioneering psychologists and artworks by artists fascinated by the subconscious mind.
Janine Burke (b. 1952) art historian, biographer, novelist and curator, graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1974.
1 portrait in the collection
On show in Gallery 3, One-on-one showcases portraits of pairs from the collection from the 1800s to today.
Grace Carroll contemplates the curious case of Christian Waller.
Dr Christopher Chapman, curator of Inner Worlds: Portraits & Psychology looks at Albert Tucker's Heidelberg military hospital portraits.
Faith Stellmaker shares pioneering artist and restaurateur Mirka Mora’s lasting legacy on Melbourne’s art, dining and culture.
Dr Christopher Chapman NPG Curator of Inner Worlds explains the development of an exhibition that spans from Surrealism to contemporary art.
Lesley Harding, Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne explores Albert Tucker’s experience of World War II, his interests in the intersection between psychology and creativity, and their influence on his portrait making.
Inner Worlds evokes a broad view of psychology as a discipline. However, the specific interests of the practitioners whose portraits are included in the exhibition incorporate specialist areas including psychoanalysis.
Anne Sanders finds connections in Inner Worlds between Hungarian expatriates and the development of psychoanalysis in Australia.
Select extracts from Mirka Mora's autobiography, Wicked but Virtuous, provide rich accompaniment to recent Gallery acquisitions.