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Paris to Monaro

Pleasures from the studio of Hilda Rix Nicholas

After successfully exploring the art scenes of London, France and Morocco, Hilda Rix Nicholas settled at Knockalong, a property near Delegate, on the Monaro plain in the 1920s.

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by Hilda Rix Nicholas Autumn evenings golden glow, c.1942
by Hilda Rix Nicholas Autumn evenings golden glow, c.1942
by Hilda Rix Nicholas Bringing in the Sheep, c.1936
by Hilda Rix Nicholas Bringing in the Sheep, c.1936
by Hilda Rix Nicholas La robe Chinoise, c. 1913
by Hilda Rix Nicholas La robe Chinoise, c. 1913
by Hilda Rix Nicholas Mrs George Matson Nicholas, c. 1917
by Hilda Rix Nicholas Mrs George Matson Nicholas, c. 1917
unknown photographer Hilda Rix, c. 1910
unknown photographer Hilda Rix, c. 1910
by Hilda Rix Nicholas Phyl Maslin and her horse, 1935
by Hilda Rix Nicholas Phyl Maslin and her horse, 1935
by Hilda Rix Nicholas The pied piper, c. 1911
by Hilda Rix Nicholas The pied piper, c. 1911
unknown photographer Envy, 1923
unknown photographer Envy, 1923
photographer unknown Étaples studio, c. 1912
photographer unknown Étaples studio, c. 1912
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by Hilda Rix Nicholas Mrs George Matson Nicholas, c. 1917
by Hilda Rix Nicholas Mrs George Matson Nicholas, c. 1917
by Hilda Rix Nicholas Mrs George Matson Nicholas, c. 1917
by Hilda Rix Nicholas Mrs George Matson Nicholas, c. 1917

Paris to Monaro

Learning resource archive

Structured around the biography of artist Hilda Rix Nicholas, this is a companion to our 2013 exhibition Paris to Monaro. For secondary students.
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Give me five

Magazine article by Karen Quinlan AM, 2021

National Portrait Gallery director Karen Quinlan AM nominates her quintet of favourites from the collection, with early twentieth-century ‘selfies’ filling the roster.
by Rupert Bunny (1864–1947) Tea time, c.1898–1902
by Rupert Bunny (1864–1947) Tea time, c.1898–1902
by Rupert Bunny (1864–1947) Tea time, c.1898–1902
by Rupert Bunny (1864–1947) Tea time, c.1898–1902

Impressions

Painting light and life

Previous exhibition, 2011

Impressions: Painting light and life presents portraits by, and of, artists at the heart of Australian impressionism including Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin.
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