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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
28 Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2017
Nicholas Harding: 28 portraits features paintings of Robert Drewe, John Bell and Hugo Weaving alongside gorgeously coloured recent oil portraits, delicate gouaches and bold ink and charcoal drawings.
Nicholas Harding
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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.
Nicholas Harding: 28 Portraits
Exhibition essay
General content
Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.
Hugo at home (Hugo Weaving), 2011
Nicholas Harding
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2012
Study for John Bell as King Lear, 1998-2001
Nicholas Harding
Portrait, ink, charcoal and conté on paper
Gift of the artist 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
John Olsen AO, CBE, 2017
Nicholas Harding
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Richard Roxburgh, 2014
Nicholas Harding
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Undercurrent
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2010
Dr Sarah Engledow writes about the portraiture of Australian artist Nicholas Harding.
Robert Drewe (in the swell), 2006
Nicholas Harding
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2010
Waiting for Godot
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2015
'Artist and actors, advancing spasmodically, find their rhythm together' writes Sarah Engledow.
Through thick and thin
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2017
Sarah Engledow likes the manifold mediums of Nicholas Harding’s portraiture.
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.
Lear unbuttoned
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2011
Sarah Engledow steps up to the footlights and applauds the storyline behind Nicholas Harding's portraits of actor John Bell.
J. Harding
Biography
Details of the engraver of the portrait of Semple-Lisle are few..
1 portrait in the collection