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Lyall Trindall

Gordon Lyall Trindall (1886–1965), painter, gave up his Marrickville barbering business at the age of 26 to become an artist.

1 portrait in the collection

Steven Heathcote

Steven Heathcote AM

Steven Heathcote AM (b. 1964), dancer, is The Australian Ballet's longest-serving principal artist from 1987 to 2007.

1 portrait in the collection

Brett Whiteley - portrait 2

Brett Whiteley - portrait 2

Brett Whiteley - portrait 2

Brett Whiteley - portrait 2, 1975

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Coral Browne

Coral Browne

Coral Browne

Coral Browne, 1975

Portrait, pencil with ink wash on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Portrait of Captain James Cook RN

In the National Interest

Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003

In focussing on the importance of gifts in the building of the collection, prominence must be given to the most spectacular of the National Portrait Gallery's acquisitions; the portrait of Captain James Cook RN by John Webber R.A.

Steven Heathcote

Steven Heathcote

Steven Heathcote

Steven Heathcote, 2007

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2008

Bob Barnard

Bob Barnard AM

Bob Barnard AM (1933-2022), jazz cornettist, grew up in a Melbourne musical family and started on cornet with a local brass band at the age of 12.

1 portrait in the collection

Sketch of Clifton Pugh painting John Perceval

John Perceval AO

John Perceval AO (1923-2000) was a painter and ceramic artist. Early on, along with Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Albert Tucker, he was part of a loose group of largely self-taught Australian artists, now known as the Angry Penguins, who rebelled against the conservatism of the art establishment.

10 portraits in the collection

Catherine Livingstone

Catherine Livingstone AC

Catherine Livingstone AC (b. 1955) has been chair of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia since January 2017.

1 portrait in the collection

Catherine Livingstone

Catherine Livingstone

Catherine Livingstone

Catherine Livingstone, 2018

Portrait, oil on canvas

Commissioned with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC 2018

Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard, 2013

Peter Brew-Bevan

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 2013

George Barrington

George Barrington

George Barrington (1755-1804) was the best-known 'gentleman thief' of late eighteenth-century London.

3 portraits in the collection

Wendy Whiteley

Wendy Whiteley OAM

Wendy Whiteley OAM (b. 1941) is recognised as cultural icon, gardener and activist, who first came to prominence as the wife of renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley.

1 portrait in the collection

Professor Paul Korner

Professor Paul Korner

Professor Paul Korner

Professor Paul Korner, 2011

Andrew Sullivan

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ann Korner, Nicholas Korner, Anthony Korner and Harriet Bingham 2015

Queen Alexandra and Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia, Hvidore, circa 1908 by Mary Steen

The cost of living luxuriously

About Face article

In 1904, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia purchased as a gift for her sister, Queen Alexandra, a fan composed of two-color gold, guilloché enamel, mother-of-pearl, blond tortoiseshell, gold sequins, silk, cabochon rubies, and rose diamonds from the House of Fabergé in Saint Petersburg.

Self portrait

William H. Bardwell

William H. Bardwell, photographer, worked at various premises in Ballarat from 1858 until 1895.

1 portrait in the collection

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