Skip to main content

What's on

Watch

The Gallery

Governance & Board

Circle of Friends

Learn

Access

Search the website

close close

What's on The Portraits The Gallery Learn Watch More O

The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Search / victoria

John Vickery

John Vickery

John Vickery (1906-1983), illustrator, designer and painter was the only Australian to be part of the New York School in 1960s which includes painters such as Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell and Willem de Kooning.

1 portrait in the collection

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Jenny Kee

Jenny Kee AO

Jenny Kee AO (b. 1947) is a fashion designer and an Australian style icon.

1 portrait in the collection

image not online

Craig Tuffin

Craig Tuffin (b. 1969) born in Redcliffe, Queensland, is an artist and educator living on the Tweed Coast.

1 portrait in the collection

Anna Frances Walker

Anna F. Walker

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

Bruce Gyngell

Bryce Gyngell AO

Bruce Gyngell (1929–2000) presided over the first commercial television transmission in Australia, launching the medium here with the now famous phrase: 'Good evening, and welcome to television'.

1 portrait in the collection

Portrait of Behrouz Boochani #1

Behrouz Boochani

Kurdish-Iranian journalist, writer and filmmaker, Behrouz Boochani, was born in Iran in 1983.

1 portrait in the collection

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Linda Jackson

Linda Jackson

Linda Mary Jackson (b. 1950) is a fashion designer and artist. Having studied fashion design at Emily McPherson College and photography at Prahran Technical College, she travelled to New Guinea, through Asia and Europe, and worked for Parisian couture house Mia-Vicky.

1 portrait in the collection

image not online

Howard Tangye

Figurative abstract artist and designer Howard Tangye was born in Queensland in 1948 and lived and worked in London from the 1970s until recently.

1 portrait in the collection

Millie, 2012 by Phil Roubin

Millie, 2012

Steph and Steve, 2012 by Zelko Nedic

Steph and Steve, 2012

Peter, Silverton, NSW, 2012 by Krystal Seigerman

Peter, Silverton, NSW, 2012

by Krystal Seigerman

The Living Room, 2012 by Janet Tavener

The Living Room, 2012

by Janet Tavener

Becky feeding Hazel, 2012 by Louise Allerton

Becky feeding Hazel, 2012

by Louise Allerton

Martin Manca, 2019 Benny Capp

Martin Manca, 2019

The Last Season - Jake Toohey, 2013 by Nikki Toole

The Last Season - Jake Toohey, 2013

Ronnie Howard still dancing, 2014 by Ivan Gaal

Ronnie Howard still dancing, 2014

© National Portrait Gallery 2024
King Edward Terrace, Parkes
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Phone +61 2 6102 7000
ABN: 54 74 277 1196

The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

This website comprises and contains copyrighted materials and works. Copyright in all materials and/or works comprising or contained within this website remains with the National Portrait Gallery and other copyright owners as specified.

The National Portrait Gallery respects the artistic and intellectual property rights of others. The use of images of works of art reproduced on this website and all other content may be restricted under the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Requests for a reproduction of a work of art or other content can be made through a Reproduction request. For further information please contact NPG Copyright.

The National Portrait Gallery is an Australian Government Agency