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Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne, 2001 (printed 2004)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2005

Margaret Fink

Margaret Fink

Margaret Fink

Margaret Fink, 1975

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

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

Susie Porter

Susie Porter

Susie Porter

Susie Porter, 2000 (printed 2001)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2001

Noni Hazlehurst

Noni Hazlehurst

Noni Hazlehurst

Noni Hazlehurst, 1977 (printed 2011)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Neil Armfield (study)

Neil Armfield (study)

Neil Armfield (study)

Neil Armfield (study), 2010

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned 2010

Neil Armfield (study)

Neil Armfield (study)

Neil Armfield (study)

Neil Armfield (study), 2010

Portrait, spray paint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned 2010

Neil Armfield (study)

Neil Armfield (study)

Neil Armfield (study)

Neil Armfield (study), 2010

Portrait, spray paint on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned 2010

Margaret Fink

Margaret Fink

Margaret Fink

Margaret Fink, 1989

Portrait, oil and hand-stitching with diamantes on canvas

Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Margaret Fink

Margaret Fink AO

Margaret Fink AO (b. 1933), film producer, was a key figure in the renaissance of Australian cinema in the 1970s.

2 portraits in the collection

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Vincent Fantauzzo

Vincent Fantauzzo (b. 1977), award-winning portrait artist, was born in England and grew up in Melbourne's northern suburbs.

2 portraits in the collection

John Gorton

Sir John Gorton GCMG AC CH

The Rt Hon Sir John Gorton GCMG AC CH (1911–2002) was the nineteenth prime minister of Australia and the only senator yet to have served in the office.

5 portraits in the collection

Neil Armfield

Neil Armfield

Neil Armfield

Neil Armfield, 2010

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned 2010

Cate Blanchett

Australians in Hollywood

Previous exhibition, 2003

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

Megan Gale

Glamour vs grunge

Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2010

Christopher Chapman examines the battle of glamour vs. grunge which played out in the fashion and advertising of the 1990s.

Betty Bryant, c. 1939

The life of Bryant

Magazine article by Tenille Hands, 2018

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

James, Rebecca and Sam Mapu

Time and light

In Gallery Seven

Previous exhibition, 2023

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.

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