Australian portraits

This exhibition offers a comprehensive display of Clifton Pugh's portraits revealing his development and growth from tonal paintings to a unique style that was in demand from politicians, artists, academics and Australian personalities.

“ Agnes Noyes Goodsir, “The Parisienne” (1924) ”

Julia Gillard has been member for Lalor in Melbourne since 1998. She is the Labor Party’s shadow minister for health as well as manager of Opposition Business.

In 1966 Gurindji people working as stockmen and domestics at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory walked off the job to protest against poor working conditions and demand recognition of traditional land rights. Their campaign took nine years but ownership of the land was finally returned to them.

This exhibition offers a comprehensive display of Clifton Pugh's portraits revealing his development and growth from tonal paintings to a unique style that was in demand from politicians, artists, academics and Australian personalities.

The 54 finalists for the $75,000 2014 Archibald Prize have been announced as the packers this year declared Tim Storrier's portrait of Sir Les Patterson as their favourite entry for the 2014. Storrier won the Archibald in 2012 for a faceless self-portrait as this morning's announcement of the Packing Room Prize officially kicks off the city's annual Archies frenzy.

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Jim Conway is an accomplished harmonica player whose distinctive style is known to blues, jazz and country music enthusiasts. He was the subject of Greg Weight’s winning portrait at the inaugural Photographic Portrait Prize in 2003.

Portrait of singer songwriter Tim Minchin by Sam Leach

In 2004, in an extraordinary act of benefaction, Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE donated over 150 works from his magnificent collection of Australian art to the National Gallery of Victoria. The Joseph Brown Collection is on permanent display at the Ian Potter Centre, NGV at Federation Square.

Danelle Bergstrom, portrait of Jack Thompson

Kevin Connor is a major Australian artist who has been exhibiting since 1952. He has won the Archibald Prize twice with portraits of Sir Frank Kitto in 1975 and sculptor Robert Klippel in 1977.