Levels 3-6 In this activity students will be introduced to different portraits featured in The Picasso Century to consider the many ways in which people can be represented.
Levels 2-10 Mon – Fri, 9am, 10am & 12pm What was it about portraiture that captivated Picasso and so many artists of his time? Discuss how artists in The Picasso…
WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture is the first exhibition to comprehensively bring together the rich portrait holdings of both the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, and the National Portrait Gallery,…
WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture offers students a unique opportunity to delve into Australian portraiture and explore its many forms, styles and mediums across time.
WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture is one of the most comprehensive explorations of portraiture ever mounted in Australia and the first exhibition to bring together the collections of the National Gallery of…
Through careful observations of portraits and drawings from the NGV Collection, Laith McGregor shows how to create an abstract portrait with the endless possibilities of a simple line.
NGV curators Dr Maria Quirk and Danielle Whitfield discuss the symbolism in Alexander Roslin’s portrait, Anastasia Ivanovna, Countess of Hesse-Homburg, Princess Trubetskaya, to share the story of the painter, the…
NGV curators Dr Maria Quirk and Danielle Whitfield discuss the symbolism in Alexander Roslin’s portrait, Anastasia Ivanovna, Countess of Hesse-Homburg, Princess Trubetskaya, to share the story of the painter, the…
Mary Beale, a portrait painter who ran a successful art practice with her husband, Charles, in London during the Restoration era, had two sons, Bartholomew (born 1656) and Charles (born…
In this engaging portrait by Mary Beale an elegant young woman with long flowing hair stares seductively out at the viewer, one curled tress of hair adorning her left shoulder….