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The art of conciliation
Magazine article by Gareth Knapman, 2017
Gareth Knapman explores the politics and opportunism behind the portraits of Tasmania’s Black War.
'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, page 2
Unknown artist Publisher Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
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'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, 1882
an unknown artist, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Portrait, engravings on paper
Purchased 2009
The Australasian Federal Convention at Sydney, 1884
The Graphic
Portrait, wood engraving on paper
Purchased 2015
Sally Robinson
Biography
Sally Robinson, born in England, studied at the National Art School in Sydney from 1970 to 1973, and in the following year took up a position as designer at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
3 portraits in the collection
William Robinson AO
Biography
William Robinson AO (b. 1936) is one of Australia's most distinguished and influential contemporary painters, known for his distinctive and prolific output as landscape painter in particular.
3 portraits in the collection
Self portrait with goose feathers, 2004
William Robinson AO
Portrait, colour lithograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Midday in the squat, 2009
by Hannah Robinson
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Equestrian self portrait, 2004
William Robinson AO
Portrait, colour lithograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Kevin at Midnight
James J. Robinson
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Observation point
Magazine article by Sally Robinson, 2017
Every face is different and every face is fascinating, but I find an elderly one particularly intriguing.
George Judah Cohen, 1925
George Lambert
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the National Australia Bank 2002
Sally Robinson
'Expect a polite refusal'
Portrait story
Artist Sally Robinson describes her career and the creation of her portrait of Tim Winton.
Dorothy Robinson Napangardi
Biography
Dorothy Robinson Napangardi (c. 1956–2013) was an influential Pintupi/Warlpiri artist who developed a distinctive abstract monochromatic style across the course of her career.
1 portrait in the collection
Tim Winton, 2019
Sally Robinson
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Tim Winton, 2019
Sally Robinson
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal 2020