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Observation point
Magazine article by Rick Amor, 2021
While visiting the National Portrait Gallery I noticed the absence of paintings of journalists.
Portrait of Philip Williams, 2019
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Rick Amor and Meg Williams in memory of Althea 'Bid' Williams 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
David Malouf
'The person who is the writer'
Portrait story
Australian author David Malouf discusses the creation of his portrait by artist Rick Amor.
Sketch of Clifton Pugh painting John Perceval, 1985
Rick Amor
Portrait, pencil on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2016
Paul Boston, 1995
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Rick Amor and Meg Williams 2015
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Rick Amor
21 Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2014
Rick Amor, noblest yet most unaffected of contemporary Australian portraitists, is also a painter of enigmatic, ominous landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes that haunt the viewer like dreams, dimly-recalled.
Rick Amor: 21 Portraits
General content
Sarah Engledow chronicles Rick Amor's work and accomplishments in this extensive essay in conjunction with the exhibition Rick Amor: 21 Portraits.
Shane Maloney and Rick Amor
'Big canvas, small head'
Portrait story
Artist Rick Amor and author Shane Maloney relate divergent experiences of the creation of Shane's portrait.
David Malouf, 2012
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with the assistance of funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2012
Beautiful bones
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2011
Sarah Engledow reflects on the shared life and writing of Dorothy Porter and Andrea Goldsmith.
Dorothy Porter, 2001-2002
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Andrea Goldsmith 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Times like these
Magazine article by Gavin Fry, 2010
Gavin Fry examines the art and career of the Australian painter Rick Amor.
The crime writer Shane Maloney, 2004
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Self portrait, 2005
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
On active service
Magazine article by Sam Bowker, 2007
The National Portrait Gallery has acquired an evocative depiction of soldier Peter Cosgrove by the Victorian-based painter, printmaker and sculptor Rick Amor.
General Cosgrove, Dili, East Timor 1999, 2006
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Andrew Cannon and L. Gordon Darling AC CMG 2006