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Henry Parkes, 1900

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Self portrait, c. 1930

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Anton Cook 2009

The Triffids, Sydney, c.1986

INXS, Sydney 1985

Divinyls, Sydney, c.1988

Percy Spender

Recorded 1968

Bruce Spence, n.d.

Gift of the Estate of Stuart Campbell 2012

Peter O'Doherty, 2013

Russell Crowe, 1995 (printed 2016)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

The play’s the thing

Penelope Grist charts an immersive path through Stuart Spence’s photography.

Percy Hobson, 2006

Purchased 2006

Ian Moss, Cold Chisel, Sylvania Hotel, Sydney, c. 1980

Chrissy Amphlett, Sydney, c.1988

Marc Hunter, Dragon. Sylvania Hotel, Sydney c. 1979

Ningali Lawford-Wolf, 1996 (printed 2016)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2016

Sir Percy Spender, 1981

Gift of the artist and the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party of Australia 2004

Sir Percy Spender, n.d.

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Lily Kahan 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Dorland Bray and Deborah Conway, Do-Re-Mi. Sydney c.1985

Mark Seymour, Hunters and Collectors, Phoenician Club, Sydney '92

Julie Mostyn, Flaming Hands, The Cronulla Workers' Club, Sydney, c. 1981

Sir Percy Spender, 1955

Gift of John Spender KC 2015

Portrait jug of Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1925-1928

Purchased 2006

Ted Dyson, Bill Dyson (with pipe) and Percy, c. 1899

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Percy, Ted Dyson and Bill Dyson, c. 1899

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, page 2

Ruby, Norman, Pearl, Percy, Reg, Bill Dyson and Mary in Creswick garden, c. 1899

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Melodrama..., c. 1900

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, 1882

Purchased 2009

Recognition

Originally conceived as an anthropological record, Percy Leason’s powerful 1934 portraits of Victorian Aboriginal people are today considered to be a highlight of 20th century Australian portraiture

A boy’s best friend is his mother

Dearest Mummy

The Mosh Pit

More photographs by Bob King, Stuart Spence, 'pling, Tony Mott, and Wendy McDougall.

Alfie Sands, c. 1940s

Purchased 2011

George Sands, c. 1940s

Purchased 2011

Clem Sands, c. 1940s

Purchased 2011

The Sands Brothers, c. 1940s

Purchased 2011

Russell Sands, n.d.

Purchased 2011

Between Light and Shadow

The late Australian photographer Stuart Campbell produced superb photographs of Australian actors of stage and screen.

Henry Lawson, c. 1919

Purchased 2010

Dancer

From letting loose in the loungeroom to enthralling audiences on stage, this exhibition celebrates dance and dancers.

An affray which deserves particular mention

Bushranger Ben Hall and his cronies held around 40 people hostage in a pub north-west of Goulburn, telling their captives ‘don’t be alarmed; we only came here for a bit of fun’.

Ada Crossley, c. 1900

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Roger Neill 2009

Tim Burstall, Andamooka (filming of the Last of the Knucklemen), c. 1979

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Self portrait, 1909

Purchased with funds provided by Barbara and Jim Higgins 2010

Max Meldrum, c. 1937

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Dave Sands, c. 1940s

Purchased 2011

Philanthropic donations enable otherwise unobtainable acquisition

A magnanimous portrait of Helena Rubinstein has been acquired for the National Portrait Gallery’s collection.

Norman Lindsay, 1936

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003

Paul Kelly and The Portraits

Aspects of singer songwriter Paul Kelly’s performance persona are communicated by portraits selected from a range of artists and leading music photographers in this focus exhibition.

Flash

Introduction The National Portrait Gallery’s photographic exhibition Flash: Australian Athletes in Focus explores various interpretations of Australian sporting men and women.

Paul Kelly and The Portraits media information

Paul Kelly & The Portraits presents a multifaceted image of the performer over the course of his career.

Pop poet

Dr Anne Sanders previews the works in the new focus exhibition Paul Kelly and The Portraits.

Announcing... Pub Rock

An exhibition that celebrates the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on the nation’s identity, opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 5 September, 2020.

Bloodlines

Michelle Fracaro describes Lionel Lindsay's woodcut The Jester (self-portrait).

Max Dupain

During his long and distinguished career Max Dupain took thousands of photographs of people

Small worlds

Bess Norriss Tait created miniature watercolour portraits full of character and life.

Primed

Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.

Ready , set... shoot

The exhibition Flash: Australian Athletes in Focus offers various interpretations of sporting men and women by five Australian photographers.

Doodles of the Diva

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.

20 20

Sarah Engledow picks some favourites from a decade of the National Photographic Portrait Prize.

Seeing stars

Joanna Gilmour explores photographic depictions of Aboriginal sportsmen including Lionel Rose, Dave Sands, Jerry Jerome and Douglas Nicholls.

Sitter still

Jaynie Anderson reflects on her experience as sitter for Reshid Bey’s 1962 portrait.

Be bold

The name of Florence Broadhurst, one of Australia’s most significant wallpaper and textile designers, is now firmly cemented in the canon of Australian art and design.

Finest quality

Joanna Gilmour explores the life of Chinese-Australian businessman and philanthropist Quong Tart.

Everybody, look serious

Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2014 Prize.

Australia’s great internationalists

Penelope Grist explores the United Nations stories in the Gallery’s collection.

Study in scarlet

Angus Trumble reflects on the force of nature that was Helena Rubinstein.

Mugshots

A toast to the acquisition of an unconventional new portrait of former Prime Minister, Stanley Melbourne Bruce.

Portrait Donors

A feast of friends

John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.

The more things change...

Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.

Some prime ministers

Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.