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Nicola Dickson
Contributing artists
Born: 1959, Southport, QLD
Works: Canberra
Fostin outside his mum's, Kings Park, Melbourne, 2015
by Nicola Dracoulis
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Contributing artists
General content
Find out more from each of the artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history.
George Foxhill
Biography
George Foxhill studied art in his native Austria, attending the Kunstegewerbeschule and the Volkshochschule in Salzburg after the war.
1 portrait in the collection
Lah Wah, 2013
by Hardy Lohse
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So Fine
Contemporary women artists make Australian history
Previous exhibition, 2018
This exhibition features new works from ten women artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history, enriching the contemporary narrative around Australia’s history and biography, reflecting the tradition of storytelling in our country.
George Foxhill
Self Portraits
Previous exhibition, 2006
Foxhill's portraits are more concerned with describing an emotional and psychological state than the surface topography of the human face.
Enrico Taglietti AO
Biography
Enrico Taglietti (1926-2019), architect, spent his early childhood in Milan, moving to Eritrea in the year leading up to World War 2.
1 portrait in the collection
Enrico Taglietti, c. 1985
Edward Richards
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
"The determined" Self portrait, 2002
George Foxhill
Portrait, oil and resin on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007
So Fine
17 May 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery is pleased to announce its winter exhibition is So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history. It will open to the public from 29 June 2018.
So Fine
28 June 2018
Archived media releases 2018
Ten women artists explore the possibilities of portraiture as a contemporary art form; and reinterpret and reimagine Australian history in the Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history.
Forum participants
General content
Biographies of participants in the Writing lives, revealing lives forum.
Ross Edwards
Biography
Ross Edwards (b. 1943), composer, became determined upon a life of composition as a child.
1 portrait in the collection
Update on Temporary Closure of the National Portrait Gallery
15 April 2019
Archived media releases 2019
The National Portrait Gallery will close its doors from Tuesday 23 April 2019, but the public are still able to experience the home of portraiture during the four-month closure.
Tender tragedies
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2006
George Foxhill's self portraits were the subject of a small focus display at the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.