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Graham Sutherland
Biography
Graham Sutherland OM (1903–1980) was an English artist, best known as the painter of the portrait of Sir Winston Churchill aged 80, subsequently destroyed by the sitter's wife, Clementine.
1 portrait in the collection
Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE
Biography
Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE (1926–2010) was one of the world's greatest operatic divas.
3 portraits in the collection
Helena Rubinstein in a red brocade Balenciaga gown, 1957
Graham Sutherland
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC, Tim Fairfax AC and the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2015
Dame Joan Sutherland, c. 1977
Robert Hannaford AM
Portrait, oil on board
Gift of William Bowmore AO OBE 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Joan Sutherland, n.d. (printed 1992)
Lewis Morley
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Ring Master, 2013
by Jennifer Voudiotis
Image
Free Range Cousins, 2015
by Jennifer Stocks
Image
Trent Crawford - Focused
Jennifer D’Arcy
Image
Rock star
Magazine article by Jennifer Coombes, 2018
Jennifer Coombes explores the lush images of Picnic at Hanging Rock, featuring Anne-Louise Lambert’s Miranda, the face of the film.
Women make history
Magazine article by Jennifer Higgie, 2022
Jennifer Higgie uncovers the intriguing stories behind portraits of women by women in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection.
Hard truths
Magazine article by Jennifer Higgie, 2022
Jennifer Higgie reveals how Alice Neel reinvigorated 20th century portraiture with her honest and perceptive depictions of the human experience.
Forget me not
Jennifer Blau
Image
Great stylists: Caruso, Melba, Pavarotti, Bonynge and Sutherland, 1983
Arthur Horner
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Eric Harding and Athol Hawke 2002
All the world's a stage
General content
Joan Sutherland, Robert Helpmann and Raigh Roe
Clif Peir
Biography
Clif Peir (b.1905) was a Sydney painter and teacher, who studied at the Julian Ashton School under Ashton and H.C.Gibbons.
1 portrait in the collection
Philanthropic donations enable otherwise unobtainable acquisition
20 October 2016
Archived media releases 2016
A magnanimous portrait of Helena Rubinstein has been acquired for the National Portrait Gallery’s collection.