This issue features Jude Rae, Arthur Boyd, Darren McDonald, John Singer Sargent, Tom Wills the 'inventor' of Australian Rules Football and more. Portrait 49 is also available on issuu.com
Portraits take many forms, from official statements of power and status to deeply personal testaments of affection and insight.
Sarah Engledow ponders the divergent legacies of Messrs Kendall and Lawson.
Angus Trumble’s tribute to the late Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser.
Patrick McCaughey explores a striking Boyd self portrait.
Grace Carroll contemplates the curious case of Christian Waller.
Penny Grist on motivation, method and melancholy in the portraiture of Darren McDonald.
Jaynie Anderson reflects on her experience as sitter for Reshid Bey’s 1962 portrait.
Joanna Gilmour presents John Kay’s portraits of a more infamous side of Edinburgh.
Diana O’Neil on Noel Counihan’s vivid 1971 portrait of Alan Marshall.
The tragic tale of Tom Wills, the ‘inventor’ of Australian Rules Football.
Angus Trumble provides poignant context for Aña Wojak’s portrait of Tony Carden.
John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.
Betty Churcher AO (1931–2015), gallery director, author, painter and lecturer, was educated in Brisbane before studying art in London.
Portrait is the preeminent journal of Australian and international portraiture.
This issue features Julia Gillard on the late Joan Kirner, Julian Opie’s digital portraiture, Nicholas Harding’s Godot gouaches and more.
This issue features Abdul Abdullah, Sam Leach, Sonia McMahon, Rod McNicol, The National Photographic Portrait Prize and more.
