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Esben Storm, 1989 (printed 2017)
Robert McFarlane
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017
Storm in a teacup, 2008
by Nyani Quarmyne
Image
Alex, 2018
by Michael Murchie
Image
Billy Slater
Biography
Billy Slater (b. 1983), rugby league footballer, has played for Melbourne Storm since the beginning of his career in 2003.
1 portrait in the collection
A girl and her boy
Kirsty Sycz
Image
Patrick White
Biography
Patrick White (1912–1990), acknowledged as Australia’s pre-eminent novelist of the 20th century, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973 for The Eye of the Storm, ‘for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature’.
7 portraits in the collection
Gori, Bougainville, 2009
by Stuart Miller
Image
Eddie Mabo (after Mike Kelley's 'Booth's Puddle' 1985, from Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, Lincoln's profile) No.3, 1996
John Citizen
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999
David Gulpilil, Arnhem Land, 1981 (printed 2000)
David Moore
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
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
David Gulpilil AM
Biography
David Gulpilil AM (1953-2021), actor and dancer, was a Yolngu man of the Mandhalpuyngu language group and was born near Maningrida in Arnhem Land.
5 portraits in the collection
White Whiteley
The portrait of Patrick White by Brett Whiteley
Previous exhibition, 2012
Eleven works by Brett Whiteley, centred around his scintillating 'Patrick White at Centennial Park 1979-1980'.
Eleanor Dark AO
Biography
Eleanor Dark AO (1901-1985), writer, was born and educated in Sydney but moved to the Blue Mountains to live after her marriage in 1922.
1 portrait in the collection
Patrick White with Tom Jones, 1956
Axel Poignant
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003
Patrick White, 1990
Rick Amor
Portrait, woodcut on paper
Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Gaden AM
Biography
John Gaden AM (b. 1941), actor, studied arts and law at the University of Sydney, but when he joined the Sydney University Players, he abandoned his other pursuits for the stage.
1 portrait in the collection
Patrick White, 1987
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Timothy Fairfax AC 2003