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Johnny, 2019
Nic Duncan
Image
Paul's smile, 2019
Nic Duncan
Image
Ninety-nine-and-three-quarters, 2016
by Nic Duncan
Image
George Duncan
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1965
George Duncan, c. 1940
Alison Rehfisch
Portrait, oil on hessian laid on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Mrs Margaret Adams 1999
Edmund Capon, c. 1986 (printed 2019)
Neil Duncan
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Robyn Archer and Gough Whitlam, 1986 (printed 2019)
Neil Duncan
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019
Daddy Cool, Melbourne, 1974
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Purchased 2005
Double Self Portrait in Mirror, c. 1936
Alison Rehfisch
Portrait, oil on hessian
Purchased 2023
Marcia Ella, 2006
Sahlan Hayes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on resin-coated paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Alison Rehfisch
Biography
Alison Baily Rehfisch (1900–1975) was born Alison Green in Woollahra, New South Wales, to parents who 'were very interested in painting – in all the arts: music, literature, everything'.
2 portraits in the collection
Therese Desmond
Biography
Therese Desmond (1902–1961), radio and stage actress, was born Mary Long in London and came to Australia as a teenaged orphan at the end of World War 1.
1 portrait in the collection
Therese Desmond, 1919-1920
James Burnside
Portrait, watercolour on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Madeleine Howell 2013
Hot Scots
Magazine article by Christopher Baker, 2013
James Holloway describes the first portraits you encounter when entering the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Rachel Roxburgh
Biography
Rachel Roxburgh (1915–1991), artist, conservationist and architectural historian, grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs and studied art at East Sydney Technical College and the Adelaide Perry Art School in the 1930s.
1 portrait in the collection
Flash
Australian Athletes in Focus
Previous exhibition, 2006
Introduction The National Portrait Gallery’s photographic exhibition Flash: Australian Athletes in Focus explores various interpretations of Australian sporting men and women.