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Graham Sutherland
Biography
Graham Sutherland OM (1903–1980) was an English artist, best known as the painter of the portrait of Sir Winston Churchill aged 80, subsequently destroyed by the sitter's wife, Clementine.
1 portrait in the collection
Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE
Biography
Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE (1926–2010) was one of the world's greatest operatic divas.
3 portraits in the collection
Clif Peir
Biography
Clif Peir (b.1905) was a Sydney painter and teacher, who studied at the Julian Ashton School under Ashton and H.C.Gibbons.
1 portrait in the collection
Richard Bonynge AO CBE
Biography
Richard Bonynge AO CBE (b. 1930), conductor, won a scholarship to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music when he was twelve.
1 portrait in the collection
Norm Provan
Biography
Norm Provan (1932-2021), footballer and coach, played junior rugby league for Sutherland and trialled unsuccessfully for Eastern Suburbs before being signed by the St George Dragons in 1951.
1 portrait in the collection
Peter Schipperheyn
Biography
Peter Schipperheyn (b. 1955), Melbourne-based sculptor, is well known for his contemporary marble and bronze sculptures of the human form.
1 portrait in the collection
Georges Antoni
Biography
Georges Antoni (b. 1975), fashion photographer, grew up in a small town in central Queensland.
1 portrait in the collection
Raelene Sharp
Biography
Raelene Sharp (b. 1957), artist, was born in Melbourne and began her career as a graphic artist in advertising.
2 portraits in the collection
Bryan Brown AM
Biography
Bryan Brown AM (b. 1947), actor and producer, worked as an insurance salesman before doing theatre in Australia and London.
2 portraits in the collection
Robert Hannaford AM
Biography
Robert Hannaford AM (b. 1944), a largely self-taught artist, grew up on his family farm near the small South Australian town of Riverton before working as political cartoonist for the Adelaide Advertiser from 1964 to 1967.
6 portraits in the collection
Rick Smolan
Biography
Rick Smolan (b. 1949) began his career as a photographer for Time, Life and National Geographic.
2 portraits in the collection
Richard Tognetti AO
Biography
Richard Tognetti AO (b. 1965), violinist, conductor and composer, trained with William Primrose in Wollongong and Alice Waten in Sydney before undertaking further studies with Igor Ozim in Switzerland.
2 portraits in the collection
Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE
Biography
Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE (1922-2019) ballerina and teacher, was scarred by her education in a Johannesburg convent boarding school and left her home on a Swaziland farm in 1939.
1 portrait in the collection
June Mendoza AO OBE
Biography
June Mendoza AO OBE (1924–2024) was born into a musical family in Melbourne and started sketching portraits while touring with her mother, a composer and pianist.
1 portrait in the collection
John Connell
Biography
John Connell (c. 1759–1849), free settler, merchant and landowner, came to New South Wales aboard the Earl Cornwallis, which arrived in Sydney in June 1801.
1 portrait in the collection