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Sir William Dargie CBE
Self portrait, late 1930s
Portrait, oil on wood panel
Gift of L Gordon Darling AC CMG in recognition of Sir William Dargie's role in the establishment of the National Gallery of Australia 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Biography
Sir William Dargie CBE (1912–2003) studied at the Melbourne Technical College, and then in the studio of AD Colquhoun from 1931 to 1934.
22 portraits in the collection
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir James Balderstone, 1989
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of BHP Billiton 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir James McNeill, 1980
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of BHP Billiton 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Harold Darling, 1951
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of BHP Billiton 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Walter Reginald Hume, c. 1944
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of David Hume OAM 2016
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir Norman Coles, n.d.
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Coles Myer Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir Kenneth Coles, c. 1979
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Coles Myer Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2003
Sir William Dargie, painter and eight times winner of the Archibald Prize for portraiture, died in Melbourne on July 26, 2003, aged 91.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir Edgar Coles, c. 1970
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Coles Myer Ltd 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
The Mask of Barry Humphries, c. 1972
Portrait, oil on composition board
Gift of Marlene McCarthy 2006. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir Clive McPherson, early 1950s
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of Marion Orme Page 2016
Sir William Dargie CBE
Study for a portrait of Dame Merlyn Myer DBE, 1960s
Portrait, oil on masonite
Gift of the Estate of Marion Orme Page 2016
Sir William Dargie CBE
Albert Namatjira, 1958
Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC and with the assistance of Philip Bacon Galleries 2000
Sir William Dargie CBE
Sir Lawrence Wackett, c. 1961
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Arlette Perkins daughter of Sir Lawrence Wackett 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir William Dargie CBE
Essington Lewis, 1952
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of BHP Billiton 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.