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Gene Sherman with Family, After Tillers, After Freud, After Watteau, 1995
Jenny Sages
Portrait, oil, wax and pigment on canvas boards
Gift of Dr Gene Sherman AM in memory of Brian Sherman AM (1943-2022). Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program 2023.
Emile Sherman
Biography
Emile Sherman (b. 1972), film producer, graduated from the University of New South Wales before beginning his career with a documentary about his great-great-uncle Chatzkel, a Lithuanian Jew who lived through both world wars and the Bolshevik revolution.
3 portraits in the collection
Emile Sherman, 2012
Dave Tacon
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Emile Sherman, 2012
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist and Yanping Zhu 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Brian and Gene Sherman, 2009
Gary Grealy
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Patrick Corrigan AM 2016
Ondine Sherman
Biography
Ondine Sherman (b. 1974), author and animal rights activist, grew up in Sydney and attained her undergraduate degree in communications from University of Technology Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Dr Gene Sherman AM
Biography
Dr Gene Sherman AM (b. 1947) is Chairman and Executive Director of Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, a family philanthropic enterprise dedicated to the public exhibition of significant contemporary art from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
3 portraits in the collection
Brian Sherman AM
Biography
Brian Sherman AM (1943–2022) was a leading philanthropist, company director and animal rights activist.
2 portraits in the collection
J. D'Urville, n.d.
Emile Lassalle after Antoine Maurin
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
Gene Sherman, 2009
Gary Grealy
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Patrick Corrigan AM 2016
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, n.d.
Emile Lassalle, Lemercier & Cie, Paris after Antoine Maurin
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
Dr Gene Sherman AM announces resignation from the National Portrait Gallery Board
16 June 2015
Archived media releases 2015
It is with deep regret, but great pride, that the National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the decision of its Deputy Chairman to resign from the Gallery’s Board, to focus on a new international role as co-Chair of the Tate Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee.
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)
Biography
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang) (b. 1960), in a Sydney based portrait painter.
2 portraits in the collection
Go Figure!
Contemporary Chinese Portraiture
Previous exhibition, 2012
A vibrant expression of Chinese culture and reflection on contemporary portraiture, drawn from the Uli Sigg collection.
Adam Cullen, 2000
Gary Grealy
Portrait, inkjet print
Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM and Patrick Corrigan AM 2016
Dr John Yu, 2014
Gary Grealy
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM and Patrick Corrigan AM 2016