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List Of Archibald Prize 1999 Finalists
This is a list of finalists for the 1999 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – ''Title''). Prize winners The Prize winners were: * Euan MacLeod – Self-portrait/head like a hole (Winner: Archibald Prize 1999) * Deny Christian – Garry McDonald (Winner: Packing Room Prize 1999) ''(The 1999 Packing Room Prize winner was ''not'' selected as a finalist.)'' * Evert Ploeg – Deborah Mailman (Winner: People's Choice) Note that the Packing Room Prize winner was not a finalist. Finalists * Rick Amor – Studio self-portrait * Bruce Armstrong – Spook San (Gary James) * Li (David) Baohua – Francis Giacco * Krista Berga – Portrait of Paul Milliss * David Bromley – Scott Hicks (film director) * Tom Carment – James Scanlon * Peter Churcher – John & Tikki * Adam Cullen – Max Cullen * Geoffrey Dyer – Margaret Scott (author and poet) * Graham Fransella – Self Portrait * Joe Furlonger – Self Portrait With Chinese Figure * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Prize
The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, J. F. Archibald, the editor of ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'' who died in 1919. It is administered by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and awarded for "the best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics, painted by an artist resident in Australia during the twelve months preceding the date fixed by the trustees for sending in the pictures". The Archibald Prize has been awarded annually since 1921 (with two exceptions) and since July 2015 the prize has been Australian dollar, AU$100,000. Winners Prize money *1921 – £400 *1941 – £443 / 13 / 4 *1942 – £441 / 11 / 11 *1951 – £500 *1970 – $2,000 *1971 – $4,000 *2006 – $35,000 *2008 – $50, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padraic McGuinness
Padraic Pearse "Paddy" McGuinness (27 October 1938 – 26 January 2008) was an Australian journalist, activist, and commentator. He began his career on the far left, then worked as a policy assistant to the more moderate Labor parliamentarian Bill Hayden. Later he found fame as a right-wing contrarian and finished his career as the editor of the conservative journal, '' Quadrant''. He had also worked as a columnist for ''The Australian'' and ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and as the editor of '' The Australian Financial Review''.Former Quadrant editor McGuinness dies, aged 69 " '''', 27 January 2008 Early life M ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archibald Prize Winners
This is a list of winners of the annual Archibald Prize for portraiture, first awarded in 1921. List of winners Gallery File:1922 Archibald McInnes Moore.jpg , 1922 (McInnes) File:1923 Archibald McInnes Lady.jpg , 1923 (McInnes) File:1925 Archibald Longstaff Moscovitch.jpg , 1925 (Longstaff) File:1926 Archibald McInnes Paterson.jpg , 1926 (McInnes) File:1929 Archibald Longstaff Holman.jpg , 1929 (Longstaff) File:1930 Archibald McInnes McClelland.jpg , 1930 (McInnes) File:1931 Archibald Longstaff Sulman.jpg , 1931 (Longstaff) File:John Longstaff - Banjo Paterson, 1935.jpg , 1935 (Longstaff) File:1936 Archibald McInnes Smith.jpg , 1936 (McInnes) File:1937 Archibald Baker.jpg , 1937 (Baker) File:SLNSW 24327 Portrait submi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archibald Prize 2000 Finalists
This is a list of finalists for the 2000 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – ''Title''). Finalists As well as the usual Archibald with its set criteria, there was a Sporting Archibald which had a focus on sport due to the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Sydney Olympics. * Chris Antico – ''The Captain: Mark Taylor (cricketer), Mark Taylor'' (cricket captain) * Michael Bell – ''The Sandman'' (comedian Steve Abbott (comedian), Steve Abbott) * Simon Benz – Anna Millward, Anna Wilson (cyclist) * Melissa Beowulf – Ken Done (painter) * David Bromley (artist), David Bromley – ''Strongest man of the games'' (Dean Lukin, weightlifter) * Tom Carment – ''Presbyterian self-portrait'' * Tom Carment – Don Idle, footballer * Adam Cullen – Portrait of David Wenham (Winner: Archibald Prize 2000) * Adam Cullen – Portrait of Mark Occhilupo (surfer) * Max Cullen – Geoffrey Rush (actor) * Elisabeth Cummings – May Barrie * Geoffrey Dyer – Christopher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archibald Prize 1998 Finalists
This is a list of finalists for the 1998 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – ''Title''). * Rick Amor – Portrait of Bruce Pollard * Danelle Bergstrom – JF-S transposition * Steve Bowden – Images in the mirror * Warren Breninger – Self-portrait – January 1998 * Judy Cassab – John Wolseley * Robert Clinch – Sir William Dargie * Kevin Connor – Portrait of Jan Senbergs, painter * Adam Cullen – Portrait of Frank Moorhouse AM (author) * Paula Dawson – Sleeping man (Barry Jones (Australian politician), Barry Jones politician) * Graham Fransella – Self-portrait * Joe Furlonger – Self-portrait – artist painting landscape * Robert Hannaford – Paul Keating (Former Prime Minister) * Robert Hannaford – Rolf Prince (Winner: People's Choice Award 1998) * Nicholas Harding – Margaret Olley 1998 * He Huang – Artist Daniel H Kojta * Bill Leak – Gough Whitlam (Former Prime Minister) * Kerrie Lester – Self-portrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Strong (Australian Businessman)
James Alexander Strong (31 July 19443 March 2013) was an Australian businessman and philanthropist. Education Born in Lismore, New South Wales, Strong was educated at Lismore High School and Tenterfield High School. At the age of 16, he was selected from 6,000 applicants to undertake officer training at the Royal Military College, Duntroon; however, he dropped out during his fourth year, realising that he was not suited to the military.Priestly, AngelaBusiness Bosses, no. 9: James Strong, ''The Power Index'', Private Media, 7 June 2012. He then completed tertiary studies at the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney. He qualified as a barrister, and was admitted to the New South Wales Bar Association in 1976.''Who's Who in Business in Australia'', Crown Content, 2013 Professional and business career Strong entered the business world as a site manager for the mining company Nabalco in 1981, and in 1983 was an executive director of the Australian Mining Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Zofrea
Salvatore Zofrea (born 1946) is an Italo-Australian artist and painter.Marlene Antico Fine Arts'Zofrea ExhibitionAccessed 06-20-2008 Life and work Zofrea was born in Borgia Italy, on the 1st January 1946, and emigrated to Australia in 1956. Zofrea studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and later privately with Henry V. Justelius. Having spent so much of his time in Italy at church, he first discovered his talents for art when he would attempt to replicate some of the church's statues using clay he found in nearby fields. There was also at lot of art in his area, which pushed Zofrea to try it for himself. He often draws on literary, historical and religious sources to develop his work and has three times been awarded Australia's most prestigious prize for a subject painting, the Sulman - in 1977, 1979 and 1982. In 1981 he received the Power Bequest Grant to study in Paris for six months. In 1985 he was awarded the Churchill Scholarship to study fresco painting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Blackman
Charles Raymond Blackman (12 August 1928 – 20 August 2018) was an Australian painter, noted for the ''Schoolgirl, Avonsleigh'' and ''Alice in Wonderland'' series of the 1950s. He was a member of the Antipodeans, a group of Melbourne painters that also included Arthur Boyd, David Boyd, John Brack, Robert Dickerson, John Perceval, and Clifton Pugh. He was married for 27 years to author, essayist, poet, librettist and patron of the arts Barbara Blackman. Early life and initial success Blackman, born 12 August 1928 in Sydney, left school at 13 and worked as an illustrator with ''The Sun'' newspaper while attending night classes at East Sydney Technical College (1943–46) though was principally self-taught. He was later awarded an honorary doctorate. He came to notice following his move to Melbourne in the mid-1940s, where he became friends with Joy Hester, John Perceval and Laurence Hope as well as gaining the support of critic and art patron John Reed. His work met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Tankard
Meryl Tankard (born 1955) is an Australian dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker. She started her career at the Australian Ballet in Sydney in 1975, and was principal dancer with Pina Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal in Germany between 1978 and 1984. In 1989 formed her own dance company in Canberra, the Meryl Tankard Company. In 1992 she was appointed director of the Australian Dance Theatre in Adelaide, South Australia, leaving in 1999 to become a freelance choreographer. ''Furioso'' is considered one of her defining works; other well-known works include ''Two Feet'', ''Furioso'', ''Songs With Mara'', and ''Chants de Marriage 2''. Her life partner is photographer and visual artist Regis Lansac, who does the videography for many of her works. In 2010 she studied filmmaking at the AFTRS and made several short films. In 2015 she directed and co-produced the documentary film ''Michelle's Story'', about dancer Michelle Ryan, artistic director of Restless Dance Theatre. Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Sages
Jenny Sages (born 1933 in Shanghai, China) is an Archibald Prize People's Choice Award winning Australian artist. She is known for her abstract landscape paintings and portraits. She arrived in Australia in 1948. After being expelled from East Sydney Technical College, Jenny moved to New York to study at Franklin School of Art. She was a freelance writer and illustrator for '' Vogue Australia'' until the 1980s before starting full-time painting in 1985 at the age of 52. Her career transformation was greatly influenced by a trip to Kimberley, Western Australia, where she felt enchanted by the local indigenous culture. Her unique style is created using wax and pigments and the minimal use of brushes. Early life and career Jenny Sages was born in Shanghai, China, in 1933, and did not move to Sydney, Australia, until she was 14. Her parents were Russian, and she was their only child. During their time in Shanghai, her father sold silk for a living. The family decided to move to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Robinson
Sally Robinson (born 1952) is an English-born Australian artist. She has had a long career as a portrait artist and designer, painter and printmaker, teacher and lecturer. Her work is represented in private and public collections around Australia. Early life and education Robinson was born in England in 1952 and emigrated to Australia in 1960. She studied for four years at the National Art School in Sydney, graduating in 1973. Career Designer and lecturer From 1974 to 1983 Robinson worked at the Australian Museum in Sydney as a designer, a position which allowed her to travel to remote areas of Australia. In her private practice in her studio, Robinson’s screen prints captured those places, and established her reputation in the printmaking community. From 1976 to 1983 Robinson was also teaching part-time at Alexander Mackie College (subsequently renamed the City Art Institute). After leaving the Museum Robinson spent four years as a full-time lecturer at the City Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Tabberer
Margaret May Tabberer (; 11December 19366December 2024) was an Australian fashion, publishing and television personality. She was a dual recipient of the Gold Logie award for her television work. Tabberer founded her own fashion label and PR companies and was known for her long-time position as fashion editor of the '' Australian Women's Weekly'' magazine. Career Modelling and fashion career At the age of 14, while attending her sister's wedding, she was spotted by a photographer and as a result was offered her first modelling job, a one-off assignment. In her early twenties she attended a modelling school and at the age of 23 was discovered by photographer Helmut Newton who mentored her and launched her successful modelling career. While living in Melbourne in 1960, she won the Model of the Year award and then moved to Sydney to take advantage of modelling opportunities there. She chose to end her modelling career at the age of 25 after beginning to lose her slim figure. Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
