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William Robertson and Martha Mary Robertson

A charming prospect

Nearest & Dearest

Family fortunes

Lt. A.R.Cutler VC

Lt. A.R.Cutler VC

Lt. A.R.Cutler VC

Lt. A.R.Cutler VC, 1943

Portrait, oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Cutler family 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Leonard French, Heathcote, Victoria

Leonard French

Leonard French OBE (1928-2017) left school at fourteen to become an apprentice signwriter in his native Melbourne.

3 portraits in the collection

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De Gruchy & Leigh

De Gruchy & Leigh was a publishing and printing firm operating in Melbourne and regional Victoria from the late 1850s until the mid 1860s.

2 portraits in the collection

Nicholas Chevalier

Nicholas Chevalier

Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902) was a Russian-born artist who came to the Victorian goldfields in 1855 and stayed in the colony as a cartoonist for Punch.

1 portrait in the collection

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Selina Ou

Selina Ou (b. 1977), a Melbourne-based photographer, established her reputation through photographs of figures in urban environments that teem with detail, such as streets, convenience stores, workshops, hardware outlets and pharmacies.

1 portrait in the collection

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Erwin Fabian

Erwin Fabian (1915-2020) was a sculptor, industrial designer and graphic artist.

3 portraits in the collection

Peter Dombrovskis

Peter Dombrovskis

Peter Dombrovskis, photographer and environmental activist, was born of Latvian parents in a refugee camp in Wiesbaden at the end of World War 2.

1 portrait in the collection

The Derby Day at Flemington

The Derby Day at Flemington

The Derby Day at Flemington

The Derby Day at Flemington, c. 1890

Carl Kahler, Goupil & Cie

Portrait, photogravure on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

Sketch portrait of David Aspden

David Aspden

David Aspden (1935-2005), artist, came to Australia from England in 1950.

1 portrait in the collection

Maria

WHO ARE YOU

Australian portraiture

Previous exhibition, 2022

Featuring 130 works across painting, film, photography, screen printing, sculpture, and then some – it explores our inner worlds, outer selves, intimacy, isolation, celebrity and more.

Walking in Tall Grass, Marion 2, 2011 by Jan Nelson

Jan Nelson

More about In the flesh artists

Jan Nelson was born in Melbourne. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1983 and has been exhibited her work in both solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia since that time including at the MCA, Sydney, National Gallery of Victoria, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane and the Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide.

The Reorientalist, 2013 by Juan Ford

Juan Ford

More about In the flesh artists

Juan Ford received a Master of Art, by research, from RMIT University in 2001. His many commissions include the National Gallery of Victoria’s interactive work You, me and the flock for Melbourne Now 2013/2014 and a project for Hotel de Immigrantes, a project in Manifesta 9, the European Biennale in 2012.

The Mirror, 2016 by Spencer and Lloyd Harvey

The Mirror, 2016

by Spencer and Lloyd Harvey

Ludwig Becker

Ludwig Becker

Ludwig Becker

Ludwig Becker, 1861

Frederick Schoenfeld

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Purchased with funds provided by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society Canberra 2000

Recruit (Self Portrait in the image of my son), 2012 by Michael Peck

Michael Peck

More about In the flesh artists

Born in Melbourne in 1977, Michael Peck has a Bachelor of Fine Art (honours) (Painting) from Monash University. He has exhibited as a solo artist since 1998, when he won the National Gallery of Victoria’s Trustees Award.

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