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Martin Sharp

Martin Sharp

Martin Sharp (1942-2013), printmaker, painter, cartoonist, designer, songwriter and film-maker, is one of Australia's foremost pop artists.

7 portraits in the collection

Adam, Craigieburn, 2018 by Yask Desai

Adam, Craigieburn, 2018

Rosemary Valadon

Rosemary Valadon

Rosemary Valadon (b. 1947) is a Sydney artist best known for large-scale oil paintings characterised by theatricality and opulence and informed with irony and feminism.

2 portraits in the collection

Leaving Melbourne (Battle wounds), 2020 Tajette O'Halloran

Leaving Melbourne (Battle wounds)

Tajette O'Halloran

Gordon Darling Hall

Relaxed mornings

Access support for a visiting the Gallery before the general 10:00am opening time.

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Raelene Sharp

Raelene Sharp (b. 1957), artist, was born in Melbourne and began her career as a graphic artist in advertising.

2 portraits in the collection

The Textiles Scientist, 2018 by Kate Atkinson

Textiles Scientist Voted the People’s Favourite

Archived media releases 2019

The black and white portrait of an elderly woman with sidelong glance and irreverent, contemplative smile has taken out the people’s choice award in this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize.

Patrick White at Centennial Park, 1979–1980

White Whiteley

The portrait of Patrick White by Brett Whiteley

Previous exhibition, 2012

Eleven works by Brett Whiteley, centred around his scintillating 'Patrick White at Centennial Park 1979-1980'.

Peter Hadfield OAM, from the series ‘People’s Park’, 2012 by Mirek Rzadkowski

Peter Hadfield OAM, from the series ‘People’s Park’, 2012

by Mirek Rzadkowski

Breakfast with bats, 2017 by Douglas Philip Gimesy

Breakfast with bats, 2017

by Douglas Philip Gimesy

Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin, 2005

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Lindy Lee

The long game

Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2020

Penelope Grist spends some quality time with the Portrait Gallery’s summer collection exhibition, Eye to Eye.

Clive Blazey

Clive Blazey

Clive Blazey (b. 1944) is the founder and managing director of the Digger's Club, Australia's largest gardening club, with about 40 000 members.

1 portrait in the collection

Reg Livermore

Reg Livermore AO

Reg Livermore AO (b. 1938), stage and television entertainer, began performing as a teenager, hiring local venues to mount his own pantomimes.

2 portraits in the collection

Patrick White and Manoly Lascaris

Patrick White and Manoly Lascaris

Patrick White and Manoly Lascaris

Patrick White and Manoly Lascaris, 1987

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Four paintings on the wall of Gallery 1

Visiting the National Portrait Gallery

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