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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Through blue eyes

Works by Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan bring the desert, the misty seashore and the hot Monaro plains to exhibition Open Air: Portraits in the landscape.

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Artist and wife near Arthurs Seat, 1969
Artist and wife near Arthurs Seat, 1969
Figure holding a towel, 1971-1972
Figure holding a towel, 1971-1972
Manning Clark at Wapengo, 1972
Manning Clark at Wapengo, 1972
Daisy Bates at Oldea, 1950
Daisy Bates at Oldea, 1950
Burke and Wills expedition, 1948
Burke and Wills expedition, 1948
Perished, 1949
Perished, 1949
Burke and Wills at the Gulf, 1961
Burke and Wills at the Gulf, 1961
Artist and wife near Arthurs Seat, 1969
Artist and wife near Arthurs Seat, 1969
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Related information

Margaret Whitlam
Margaret Whitlam
Margaret Whitlam
Margaret Whitlam

Open Air

Portraits in the Landscape

Previous exhibition, 2008

Open Air is an exhibition of portraits of Australians in environments of particular significance to them.
Self Portrait in red shirt, 1937 by Arthur Boyd
Self Portrait in red shirt, 1937 by Arthur Boyd
Self Portrait in red shirt, 1937 by Arthur Boyd
Self Portrait in red shirt, 1937 by Arthur Boyd

Arthur as Alyosha?

Magazine article by Patrick McCaughey, 2015

Patrick McCaughey explores a striking Boyd self portrait.
Sidney Nolan, Western Australia
Sidney Nolan, Western Australia
Sidney Nolan, Western Australia
Sidney Nolan, Western Australia

Cultural kaleidoscope

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006

The complex connections between four creative Australians; Patrick White, Sidney Nolan, Robert Helpmann and Peter Sculthorpe.
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