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Professor Derek Freeman
Biography
Derek Freeman (1916–2001) was an anthropologist. Born in New Zealand, he gained his doctorate from Cambridge before moving to Canberra in 1955 to work at the Australian National University.
1 portrait in the collection
Portrait of Professor Derek Freeman, 1996
Ralph Heimans AM
Portrait, pencil and pastel on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2001
Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC
Biography
Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC (1924-2022), physiologist, was born in Launceston and graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1947.
3 portraits in the collection
Professor Derek Denton, 2009
Janet Dawson
Portrait, pastel on paper
Gift of Professor Derek Denton AC and Dame Margaret Scott AC 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Equation of a life – a portrait of Derek Denton
9 September 2016
Archived media releases 2016
The National Portrait Gallery, has welcomed the newest portrait commission of Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC by Evert Ploeg.
Equation of a life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton, 2016
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, oil on linen
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016
Study for commissioned portrait, "Equation of life - a portrait of Professor Derek Denton", 2016
Evert Ploeg
Portrait, print on transparency film
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by Janet Whiting AM, Philip Lukies and Antonia Syme 2016
Freeman Brothers
Biography
James Freeman, who is credited with bringing the wet-plate photographic process to New South Wales, arrived in Sydney in 1854 to join his brother William, who had arrived the year before.
9 portraits in the collection
Cathy Freeman OAM
Biography
Cathy Freeman OAM (b. 1973) won the 400m Olympic Gold medal in front of her home crowd in Sydney in 2000 in one of the all-time great Australian sporting moments.
5 portraits in the collection
Sir John Hay, 1887
Freeman Brothers
Portrait, albumen silver photograph on cabinet card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
Cathy Freeman, 2000
David Caird
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of David Caird and Melbourne Herald Sun 2003
Alan Freeman, c. 1970 (printed 2002)
Lewis Morley
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Cathy Freeman, 1994 (printed 2010)
Bill McAuley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Cathy Freeman, 1994
Montalbetti + Campbell
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Cathy Freeman, 1999
Kerrie Lester
Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999
Cathy Freeman, 1995
Montalbetti + Campbell
Portrait, direct positive colour photograph on paper
Gift of the artists 2003