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Lord Goddard, White City Stadium, London, c. 1957 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.
Rayner Hoff
Biography
George Rayner Hoff (1894-1937), sculptor, was born in England and trained at the Royal College of Art, London.
2 portraits in the collection
Rayner Hoff, 1924
Harold Cazneaux
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Richard King 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Alfred Hill, 1936
Rayner Hoff
Portrait, cast plaster, patinated on wooden base
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2000
Enid Fleming
Biography
Enid Fleming was a pupil of Rayner Hoff's at the East Sydney Technical College at the time these works were made (Hoff and several of his other students were working on the Anzac Memorial at the time).
2 portraits in the collection
The Hoff
Moustaches
The image of a hairy swag-wielding bushman might be one popularly associated with Australia in the late nineteenth century.
Joshua Smith
Biography
Joshua Smith studied sculpture with Rayner Hoff and took classes in drawing and painting at Julian Ashton's Sydney Art School.
5 portraits in the collection
Self portrait in plus fours, c. 1939 (cast 2003)
Lyndon Dadswell CMG
Portrait, cast bronze
Purchased 2004
Presence and Absence
Portrait Sculpture in Australia
Previous exhibition, 2003
This exhibition focuses on exploring national and communal identity through sculptural production in Australia, from the early decades of settlement through to the present day
Lyndon Dadswell CMG
Biography
Lyndon Dadswell CMG (1908-1986) studied at the Julian Ashton School before working with Rayner Hoff from 1926 to 1929 and Paul Montford from 1929 to 1935.
3 portraits in the collection
Self portrait at 85, 1990
Joshua Smith
Portrait, oil on primed masonite
Gift of the late May Ralph 2019
The sculptor (George Lambert and Arthur Murch), c. 1929
Harold Cazneaux
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Four from the 30s
Magazine article by Andrew Sayers AM, 2003
Australia's tradition of sculpted portraits stretches back to the early decades of the nineteenth century and continues to sustain a group of dedicated sculptors.
Field Marshal the Lord Birdwood, 1938
Barbara Tribe
Portrait, cast plaster, patinated
Gift of the Estate of the late Barbara Tribe 2009
Elaine Haxton
Biography
Elaine Haxton (1909-1999), painter, graphic artist and theatre designer, grew up in Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Captain Ulm, 1932
Enid Fleming
Portrait, cast plaster, patinated
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Sydney Airports Corporation 2001