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Tim Fairfax, 2018
by Russell Shakespeare
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Commissioned with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2018
An international troupe of two
It's Complicated
Office romance
2024 Annual Appeal
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In 1998, acclaimed artist Tracey Moffatt gifted her portrait Some Lads #1 (Russell Page) to the National Portrait Gallery. In 2024 we had the extraordinary opportunity to acquire the full body of work, adding Some Lads #2, Some Lads #3, Some Lads #4 and Some Lads #5 to the collection.
Blue Wolf, 2014
by Imogen Henry
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Finalist, MDPA 2014
Our only concern is the void, 2013
by Nik Lee
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Winner, MDPA 2013
Bangarra brothers: songman, storyteller, dancer
Passion
Creative kin
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In 1998, acclaimed artist Tracey Moffatt gifted her portrait Some Lads #1 (Russell Page) to the National Portrait Gallery. In 2024 we had the extraordinary opportunity to acquire the full body of work, adding Some Lads #2, Some Lads #3, Some Lads #4 and Some Lads #5 to the collection.
The Last Paul Mumme Work, 2015
by Paul Mumme
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Finalist, DPA 2016
Favourite portraits
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National Portrait Gallery staff introduce their favourite portraits from the exhibition.
The Lawson
Moustaches
It’s curious that one of the writers most associated with the toughness of Australian bush life was himself not an exponent of the matted, rugged bushman sort of beard.
The Parkes
Beards
It wasn’t uncommon for the pro-beard fraternity of the mid nineteenth century to cite beards as a sign of wisdom on the grounds that Socrates and other ancient philosophers had worn them.
The 1890s to the 1940s
Mo and beard timeline
Although the tough, weathered, hard-drinking bushmen of the kind mythologised by writers like Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson are popularly associated with the character of late nineteenth century Australia, it was also a time when alternative ideas about identity began to come into play.
Maritime disaster leaves poignant picture
Devotion
Absence rends the heart asunder
2012-13 Acquisition Fund
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The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
In the most correct style
Nearest & Dearest
Desirable outcomes, undesirable origins
Street fare
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The late Georgian and early Victorian working classes often bought their food in ale-houses, chop-houses and ‘penny pie shops’, or purchased their meals day after day in the streets.