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Gary Foley
Biography
Gary Foley (b. 1950) is a Gumbainggir activist, actor, historian, curator and academic.
2 portraits in the collection
Fiona Foley
Biography
Fiona Foley (b.1964), Badtjala artist, activist, curator and writer, grew up on Fraser Island and in nearby Hervey Bay before moving south to study art at the East Sydney Technical College.
2 portraits in the collection
Untitled 4539, 2010
by Paul Foley
Image
Creature from the Black Platoon starring Gary Foley 2011, 2011
TextaQueen
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper
Purchased 2011
'Red Terra' - Black Activist: A portrait of Gary Foley, 2006
by Rod McNicol
Image
Gary Foley, Invasion Day - We Have Survived, 1988
Juno Gemes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir Noel Foley, c. 1985-1990
Brian Dunlop
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Foley 2015
Fiona Foley in her studio at Hervey Bay, 1994
Juno Gemes
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
After Ophelia: Fiona Foley at Lake Mackenzie, Fraser Island (Referencing Ophelia by John Everett Millais), 1994
Juno Gemes
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Jean Goldberg
Biography
Jean Nethercote (now Goldberg) first met Ola Cohn when she took a life class in Cohn's studio in the mid-50s.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Bellette
Biography
Jean Bellette (1908-1991), painter, studied in her native Hobart before moving to Sydney to train with Julian Ashton.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Shepeard
Biography
Jean Shepeard was an actress and artist who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Isherwood OAM
Biography
Jean Isherwood OAM (1911–2006), artist, was born in Marrickville and won a scholarship to the National Art School at East Sydney Technical College at the age of fourteen.
1 portrait in the collection
Jean Appleton
Biography
Jean Appleton (1911–2003), painter and art teacher, studied at the East Sydney Technical College, completing a diploma in drawing and illustration in 1932.
5 portraits in the collection
Jean Isherwood
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1972
Jean Appleton
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1962