Eric Smith describes the agony and finally the ecstasy of winning the 1982 Archibald Prize with the portrait of Peter Sculthorpe.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Philip Bacon AM 2012
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds from the Basil Bressler Bequest 2003
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gareth Mawson Thomas and Pamela Karran-Thomas of the Mawson family 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Joanna Gilmour brings a mindful Douglas Mawson’s perspective to bear on the concept of isolation.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Eric Smith 2019
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sally Douglas 2009
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Eric Harding and Athol Hawke 2002
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Gwen Pratt FRAS (b.1917) is a traditional painter and portraitist in oil, watercolour and pastel.
1 portrait in the collection
A D (Archibald Douglas) Colquhoun studied art with his father Alexander, a Glasgow-born painter and critic living in Melbourne, and also at the NGV School and in classes with Max Meldrum.
1 portrait in the collection
Kerry Dundas, son of artist Douglas Dundas, gained an interest in photography as a student at Sydney Grammar school.
8 portraits in the collection
Frank Hurley's celebrated images document the heroism and minutiae of Australian exploration in Antarctica.
Francis Edward de Groot (1888-1969) was born in Dublin and came to Australia in 1910.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
