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Nicholas Harding
Hugo at home (Hugo Weaving), 2011
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2012
Nicholas Harding
Study for John Bell as King Lear, 1998-2001
Portrait, ink, charcoal and conté on paper
Gift of the artist 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Nicholas Harding
Richard Roxburgh, 2014
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Nicholas Harding
John Olsen AO, CBE, 2017
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Robert Drewe
An interview with Nicholas Harding
Portrait story
Artist Nicholas Harding talks about what was captured in his portrait of Robert Drewe.
Nicholas Harding
'A portrait of Hugo Weaving'
Portrait story
Artist Nicholas Harding talks about how he became interested in portraiture, and his motivation in painting Hugo Weaving.
Nicholas Harding
Biography
Nicholas Harding (1956–2022) was one of Australia's most highly regarded artists, known for his portraits and drawings, and his light-filled, vigorously painted images of the bush and the coast.
5 portraits in the collection
Nicholas Harding
Robert Drewe (in the swell), 2006
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2010
Nicholas Harding
Explore The Popular Pet Show
Over the years the young Nicholas Harding got his hands on various mice and guinea pigs, but they served mainly to illustrate the concept of mortality.
Andrew Bonneau
Nicholas Paspaley Jnr, 2018
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Ross Adler AC 2018
Paul Fitzgerald AM
George Nicholas, 1955
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Hilton Nicholas AM OBE 2010
Nicholas Harding: 28 Portraits
Exhibition essay
General content
Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.
Jimmy Pozarik OAM
Nicholas Hope,
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007
Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co
Nicholas Chevalier, c. 1867
Portrait, albumen photograph on carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
Joe Greenberg
Nicholas Whitlam, Head of the NSW Rural Bank,
Portrait, watercolour, crayon, coloured pencil, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001
Andrew Bonneau
Study for portrait of Nicholas Paspaley Jnr, 2018
Portrait, pencil and white pastel on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Ross Adler AC 2018