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Pin-ups
Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2008
Christopher Chapman describes the art and life of Australian artist Richard Larter.
Pat Painting No 1, 1983
Richard Larter
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2008
Richard Larter
Biography
Richard Larter (1929-2014) was born in London, where he encountered and was influenced by the new generation of young British Pop artists of the 1950s and early 1960s.
6 portraits in the collection
Self portrait with pin-up, 1965
Richard Larter
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and alkyd resin on composition board
Purchased with funds provided by the Basil Bressler Bequest 2002
Richard Larter
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1965
Richard Larter, 2004
R. Ian Lloyd
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of R. Ian Lloyd 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Arizona 250 GT Ron Radford and Shiva #1, 2011
Richard Larter
Portrait, computer generated image, synthetic polymer paint and gel-glitters on polyester canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2013
Portrait of Nell #15, 2009
Richard Larter
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint, gesso, binder medium, gel and glitter on canvas
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2014
Arizona 250 GT Major General Liz Cosson, 2013
Richard Larter
Portrait, computer generated image, synthetic polymer paint and gel-glitters on polyester canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2013
Pat Larter
Biography
Patricia Larter (1936-1996) was born in the UK and arrived in Australia with her artist husband Richard Larter in 1962.
1 portrait in the collection
Richard Windeyer, c. 1828
Charles Richard Bone
Portrait, watercolour on ivory in a gold pendant with a lock of hair and gold thread
Gift of the Windeyer family 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Richard Windeyer
Biography
Richard Windeyer (1806-1847), journalist, barrister and politician, was the eldest of the ten children born to Charles Windeyer and his wife Ann Mary and remained in England when the rest of his family went to New South Wales.
3 portraits in the collection
Richard Walsh
Biography
Sydney-born Richard Walsh (b. 1941) is an Australian publisher, journalist, broadcaster, editor, lecturer and company director.
1 portrait in the collection
Richard Howe
Biography
Richard Howe (1st Earl Howe, 1726–1799), naval commander, served in the Royal Navy for over fifty years, seeing action in the Seven Years War, the American Wars of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.
1 portrait in the collection
Richard Read Jnr
Biography
Richard Read junior arrived in Sydney from his native London in November 1819.
2 portraits in the collection
Richard Bonynge AO CBE
Biography
Richard Bonynge AO CBE (b. 1930), conductor, won a scholarship to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music when he was twelve.
1 portrait in the collection