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Stan Grant
Biography
Stan Grant (b. 1963), a proud Wiradjuri man born in Griffith, New South Wales, grew up wanting to be a journalist.
1 portrait in the collection
Grant Matthews
Biography
In 1997 Grant Matthews successfully sued Consolidated Press for unauthorised reproduction of one of his photographs.
1 portrait in the collection
Grant McLennan
Biography
Grant McLennan and Robert Forster both sang and wrote songs for The Go-Betweens, and McLennan wrote one of their greatest, 'Cattle and Cane', recalling the rural Queensland environment of his youth.
1 portrait in the collection
Grant Mudford
Biography
Grant Mudford (b. 1944) is a Sydney-born, Los Angeles-based photographer renowned for his large-format, abstract depictions of the urban landscape and built environment.
1 portrait in the collection
Mandy Martin
Biography
Mandy Martin (1952–2021), painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Adelaide and studied at the South Australian School of Art from 1972 to 1975.
3 portraits in the collection
Sir James Martin
Biography
Sir James Martin (1820-1886) was fourth Chief Justice of New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Gabrielle Martin
Biography
Gabrielle Martin is a Melbourne artist. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Painting) in 1991 and a Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (Painting) in 1993.
4 portraits in the collection
Martin Philbey
Biography
Martin Philbey (b. 1962) is a Melbourne-based photographer who has amassed an archive of 100,000 images over his twenty-year career.
4 portraits in the collection
Martin King
Biography
Martin King, an artist who specialises in making works on paper, was born in 1957 in Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Martin Sharp
Biography
Martin Sharp (1942-2013), printmaker, painter, cartoonist, designer, songwriter and film-maker, is one of Australia's foremost pop artists.
7 portraits in the collection
Nicolas-Martin Petit
Biography
Nicholas-Martin Petit was born in Paris, the son of a fan maker, and learned graphic art in the studio of Jacques Louis David.
9 portraits in the collection
Dr Arthur Martin a'Beckett
Biography
Dr Arthur Martin a’Beckett FRCS (1812-1871) surgeon and New South Wales parliamentarian studied at London University from 1831 before undertaking a residency in Paris, centre for innovation in the practice of hygiene, pathological anatomy and physiopathology.
2 portraits in the collection
Richard Rouse
Biography
Richard Rouse (1774-1852), grazier and landowner, came to New South Wales in 1801 as a free settler with his wife Elizabeth (née Adams, 1772-1849) and the first two of their nine children.
1 portrait in the collection
John Schank
Biography
John Schank (1740–1823), naval officer, joined the Royal Navy at age 17, having served in the merchant service as a boy.
1 portrait in the collection
Angela Valamanesh
Biography
Angela Valamanesh graduated from the South Australian School of Art with a Diploma of Design (ceramics) in 1977 and became a tenant potter at Adelaide's Jam Factory.
1 portrait in the collection
Alec Murray
Biography
Alec Murray was a photographer whose Alec Murray's Album: Personalities of Australia was published by Sydney Ure Smith in about 1948.
1 portrait in the collection