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Tony and Maureen Wheeler, 2005

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Charles Wheeler, 1961

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

Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk, 1943-1944

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (future Queen Elizabeth II), 1942-1943

Purchased 2019

Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen A. L. Best, 1943-1944

Purchased 2019

Lord Casey, c. 1932

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2003

Sir Roland Hibbert Cross, 1943-1944

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

His Royal Highness Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester (Governor General of Australia), 1943-1944

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), 1943-1944

Purchased 2019

Observation point

I think the truest representation of someone is a portrait.

Touchy touchy

Tony Curran ponders whether our phones can change the course of painting.

Sabine Desrondaux - Woman of Letters

The Angels, Sydney Showgrounds, 1985

The Cockroaches, Darlinghurst, 1989

Tony Bilson, c. 2005

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Tony Bilson 2008

Tony Shaw, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2018

Tony Ghee, c. 2000

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Tony Mitchell, 1975 (printed 2001)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Tony Adam, c. 1968

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Janice McIllree 2012

Falling Joys, La Perouse

Heath Ledger, 1998 (printed 2017)

Gift of the artist 2020

Heath Ledger, 1998 (printed 2017)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2020

Gill Hicks, 2016

Purchased 2016

Peter Porter, 2004

Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2004

Tony Roche and Ivan Lendl, 1986

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001

Wentja Morgan Napaltjarri, 2017

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

Suze DeMarchi, Baby Animals, St George Leagues Club, 1991

Linda Syddick Tjunggkiya Napaltjarri, 2017

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

The story of us

Gallery directors Karen Quinlan and Tony Ellwood talk to Penelope Grist about the NPG and NGV collaborative exhibition, Who Are You: Australian Portraiture.

Tony Roche, Harry Hopman and John Newcombe,

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

Sherbet, 1974 (printed 2002)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Sherbet, 1974

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

Potters' Portrait Pot, 2009

Commissioned 2009

Tony Abbott, 2013

Tony Albert

Tony Shaw, 2018

Commissioned with funds from the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2018

Tony Sowersby

Sabine's the sister-in-law of one of my oldest friends so I've known her for a while.

Tony Albert: Aww bless

Acacius (Stigmata) - Tony Carden, 1991

Gift of Lesley Saddington 2015

To Bare all, 2012

Considering Persephone - Gay Bilson, 2009

Purchased with funds provided by Jan and Gary Whyte, Brian and Barbara Crisp, Gloria Kurtze, Jonathon Mills and Lawsoft Pty Ltd 2011

The Mosh Pit

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

Hugs on hold

We were cold, 2019

Gill Hicks

Peace advocate, author, musician and artist Gill Hicks on her portrait by Tony Kearney.

Frank Clune, 1952

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Tony Clune 1999

Graham Kennedy, c. 1962 (printed 2000)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Tony Sattler 2016

New appointments to the National Portrait Gallery Board

Minster for the Arts, The Hon. Tony Burke MP has today announced new appointments to the National Portrait Gallery Board, including Ms Sam Meers AO, who will succeed Mrs Penny Fowler AM as Chair in March 2025.

Home

Chrissy Amphlett

An interview with the iconic Australian rocker Chrissy Amphlett.

Yumi Umiumare in ‘ZeroZero'

Darling Portrait Prize 2022

The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015). The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.

Gill Hicks

Recorded 2021

Study for portrait of Bob Ellis, 1999

Gift of the artist 2001

Study for portrait of Bob Ellis, 1999

Gift of the artist 2001

National Portrait Gallery commissions major new video portrait of the CommBank Matildas FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ Squad

CommBank Matildas players Clare Hunt, Clare Wheeler, Courtney Nevin and Teagan Micah joined National Portrait Gallery Director Bree Pickering today to announce a major new video portrait of all 23 players from the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ Final Squad.

POL

POL was a magazine that ran from 1969 to 1986

John Newcombe, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Of human clay

The first collaborative commission has arrived. It's a self portrait, it's ceramic and it's from Hermannsburg.

Lew Hoad, 1954

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003

John Newcombe and family, 1973

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

Toni Collette, 1999 (printed 2022)

Purchased 2022

Stigma stigmata

Angus Trumble provides poignant context for Aña Wojak’s portrait of Tony Carden.

Tim Pak Poy, 1998 (printed 2005)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Paul Kelly and The Portraits media information

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

Ern McQuillan Senior, c. 1980s

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 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.

Anthony Mundine, 1992 (printed 2008)

Purchased 2008

Barry Humphries, 1971 (printed 2010)

Purchased 2010

Hugh Jackman, 2020

Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation and Paul Dainty AM and Donna Dainty 2020

Barry Humphries, 1962

Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Geoffrey Rush, 1997

Purchased 1999

Dame Judith Anderson, 1962

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Roslyn, 2016

Purchased 2017

Portrait 63

Rod McNicol's method and motivation, 19th century Indigenous peoples, Barrie Cassidy on Bob Hawke, five generations of the Kang family from Korea and more.

Mick Molloy, 2009

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2009

Michael Kelly, 1998

Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Tetsuya Wakuda, 2004

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Sir John Young, c. 1862

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Aden Ridgeway & pallbearers entering Sydney Town Hall, State Funeral for Kwementyaye Perkins AO, 25th October 2000, 2000

Purchased 2001

Bob Ellis, 1999

Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001

Portrait 66

The Huxleys, National Portrait Gallery London’s masterpieces, Jennifer Higgie on portraits of women by women, Tamara Dean, Bangarra, Glynis Jones on fashion photographers, and NPG/NGV collaboration.

Tribute

Bob Ellis (1942–2016) was a journalist, columnist, screenwriter, film director, playwright, speechwriter and critic.

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

Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize 2023

Little Darlings is for primary and secondary students, with four separate categories across Kindergarten to Year 12. Responding to the theme ‘Me and my place’, students painted, drew, photographed, printed or combined all of these to make their portrait.

Barry Humphries, 1958

Gift of L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC 1998. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Self portrait, 2002

Gift of the Margaret Olley Art Trust 2003

Portraits for Posterity

Drawn from some of the many donations made to the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Portraits for Posterity pays homage both to the remarkable (and varied) group of Australians who are portrayed in the portraits and the generosity of the many donors who have presented them to the Gallery.

Portrait Stories Mobile App

Want to read and hear about a portrait without having to lean in?

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.

The essence of you

Lee Tulloch remembers her great friend NIDA-trained actor turned photographer Stuart Campbell.

Animated

Animated is the National Portrait Gallery's first online exhibition.

Lewis Morley

Lewis Morley has a great eye for a shot and a sharp ear for a pun

Discussion between Bob Hawke and Yunupingu, Burunga Festival, Northern Territory, 1988 (printed 2015)

Purchased 2015

NPG Announces departure of Director, Karen Quinlan AM

National Portrait Gallery Chair Penny Fowler announced today that NPG Director Karen Quinlan will leave the Gallery in September to take up a new position as Chief Executive Officer of Arts Centre Melbourne.

Twenty new portraits marking Portrait Gallery’s twentieth birthday

To celebrate the National Portrait Gallery’s twentieth anniversary as an institution, twenty portraits of outstanding Australian individuals have been commissioned for the permanent collection. This is the largest undertaking for the Gallery’s commissioning program in its twenty-year existence.

Eating the seasons

Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.

Darling Portrait Prize 2024

The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG.

Masters of Fare

Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores celebrates men and women who have championed the unique culinary characteristics and produce of Australia, enriching our lives with new ideas and new flavours over the past forty years.

National Portrait Gallery unveils twenty new portrait commissions to celebrate twenty years

The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled twenty new portrait commissions of Australian leaders and individualists as part of its twentieth birthday celebrations in a new exhibition, 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions.

Poets' Portraits

The Portrait Gallery's paintings of two poets, Les Murray and Peter Porter, demonstrate two very different artists' responses to the challenge of representing more than usually sensitive and imaginative men.

Flash

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

Sketch of Clifton Pugh painting John Perceval, 1985

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2016

2020 Annual Appeal

In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020

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.

Clifton Pugh

This exhibition offers a comprehensive display of Clifton Pugh's portraits revealing his development and growth from tonal paintings to a unique style that was in demand from politicians, artists, academics and Australian personalities.

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.

Australian of the Year

The Australian of the Year Awards have often provoked controversy about who is selected and whether their achievements are remarkable.

Nicholas Harding

Nicholas Harding: 28 portraits features paintings of Robert Drewe, John Bell and Hugo Weaving alongside gorgeously coloured recent oil portraits, delicate gouaches and bold ink and charcoal drawings.

Sir Les Patterson, 1999

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

Andrew Gaze, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018

Uncommon Australians

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.

Time and light

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.

Primed

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

Lucy Culliton

Most well-regarded pictures of chickens show them dead. A reliable way to tell if a chicken in a painting is dead is to check if it’s hanging upside down, because unlike, say, cockatoos, chickens don’t practise inversion for enjoyment in life.

References

About the exhibition curator Claire Roberts, and writers Eugene Wang and Zhang Letian.

The National Portrait Prizes

The National Portrait Gallery today announced finalists for the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize, a national new $75,000 prize for Australian portrait painting, and released selected images from the final prize pool for the popular National Photography Portrait Prize.

Naked nostalgia

Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.

The animating signature

Joanna Gilmore delights in the affecting drawings of Mathew Lynn.

The intellectual larrikin

Barrie Cassidy pays textured tribute to the inimitable Bob Hawke.

Myself and Eye

Magda Keaney speaks with Lewis Morley about his photographic career and the major retrospective of his work on display at the NPG.

Annual Appeal

Anna Culliton

Anna Culliton never had a colouring-in book when she was little. Her parents –Tony, a filmmaker, and Stephanie, a painter – wouldn’t let her have one. Instead, they insisted on her drawing her own pictures to colour-in. 

Giving and getting

The exhibition Portraits for Posterity celebrates gifts to the Gallery, of purchases made with donated funds, and testifies to the generosity and community spirit of Australians.

Drawing inspiration

Christopher Chapman absorbs the gentle touch of Don Bachardy’s portraiture.

Portrait Donors

Exhibition opening speech

Leo Schofield introduces the exhibition, Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores.

Conflicting images

Michael Desmond reveals the origins of composite portraits and their evolution in the pursuit of the ideal.

Moving pictures

The exhibition California Video at the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles demonstrated how video artists expand the boundaries of portraiture.

20/20 launch speech

Dr Helen Nugent AO, Chairman, National Portrait Gallery at the opening of 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions.

Generous Janice

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

Pop poet

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

No Laughing Matter

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

We Were There

Preserving stories, subverting power and posing nude: Benjamin Law explores the potency and persuasiveness of portraiture.

Friends and Acquaintances

Dr. Sarah Engledow discusses a collection of drawings and prints by the Victorian artist Rick Amor acquired in 2005.

Flash mob

Sarah Engledow trains her exacting lens on the nine photographs from 20/20.

Rick Amor: 21 Portraits

Sarah Engledow chronicles Rick Amor's work and accomplishments in this extensive essay in conjunction with the exhibition Rick Amor: 21 Portraits.

Some prime ministers

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