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Alex Frayne

Biography

London-born, Adelaide-based photographic artist and filmmaker Alex Frayne (b.

2 portraits in the collection

Deidre But-Husaim

Biography

Deidre But-Husaim (b. 1959), based in Adelaide, South Australia, undertook her formative art study at the Adelaide Central School of Art, where she has since taught painting.

2 portraits in the collection

Cheong Liew OAM

Biography

Cheong Liew - whom the US magazine Food and Wine recently named one of the 10 'hottest chefs alive' - learnt the basics of cooking in his native Malaysia, in the Kuala Lumpur kitchen of his grandmother.

1 portrait in the collection

Kym Bonython

Biography

Hugh Reskymer 'Kym' Bonython AC DFC AFC (1920-2011), company director, art dealer, jazz authority, music promoter and speedway entrepreneur, was one of the most significant collectors and dealers of contemporary Australian art in the post-war period.

2 portraits in the collection

Margaret Preston

Biography

Margaret Preston (1875-1963) trained at the NGV School and the Adelaide School of Design before leasing a studio and beginning to teach in Adelaide.

1 portrait in the collection

Fiona McMonagle

Biography

Fiona McMonagle, an Irish-born, Melbourne-based artist, grew up in an outer suburb of Melbourne and completed a qualification in visual arts at RMIT before progressing to the Victorian College of the Arts.

1 portrait in the collection

Cheong Liew, c. 1999

Kate Gollings

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2004

Portrait of Kym Bonython/Portrait of Mr Bonython's speedway cap, 1963-1966

John Brack

Portrait, oil on canvas (diptych)

Gift of Kym Bonython AC DFC AFC 2007. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Henri van Raatle

Biography

Henri van Raalte (1881-1929), etcher and curator, moved to Western Australia in 1910 having trained in his home town of London and at schools in Belgium and Holland.

1 portrait in the collection

Gill Hicks, 2016

Tony Kearney

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2016

Ninette Dutton OAM

Biography

Ninette Dutton OAM (1923-2007), artist, broadcaster and author, was born in Adelaide and educated at Creveen and Woodlands before studying Social Science at the University of Adelaide.

1 portrait in the collection

Joshua Payne

Biography

Joshua Payne (1810–1889), engraver and die-sinker, arrived in Adelaide around 1849 and was soon after employed by the Adelaide Assay Office.

1 portrait in the collection

Margaret Preston, c. 1930

Harold Cazneaux

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM and Barbara Corrigan 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Henry H. Glover

Biography

English lithographer and watercolourist Henry Heath Glover (c. 1810-1858) emigrated to South Australia in 1848 with his two sons - one of whom, Henry Heath Glover Junior (1828-1904) was also an illustrator and printmaker.

1 portrait in the collection

Sir Ivor Hele

Biography

Sir Ivor Hele (1912–1993) was born in Adelaide and studied art at Prince Alfred College and the South Australian School of Arts and, later, in Paris and Munich.

3 portraits in the collection

The Photographic Society of Victoria, Melbourne

Biography

The Photographic Society of Victoria was formed in 1876 to 'bring photographers together in a friendly spirit, in order to advance the art and science of photography in the colony, without any attempt at binding or dictating to members any special trading rules, such as charges for photographs or hours or days for closing or opening their respective establishments.' At the time of the first annual meeting on 9 March 1877 there were 61 members, five whom were ladies.

1 portrait in the collection

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