Darling Portrait Prize winner announcement
Channel: National Portrait Gallery
Date: 2020-03-06

The Darling Portrait Prize is Australia’s grand new annual prize for painted portraits, joining the iconic National Photographic Portrait Prize at Australia’s home of portraiture. The winner for 2020 is

Elizabeth by Anthea da Silva

Anthea has won the inaugural $75,000 Darling Portrait Prize with her painting of the ‘high priestess’ of Australian contemporary dance, Dr Elizabeth Cameron-Dalman OAM.

The Judges noted the exceptional quality of entries, awarding High Commendations to Sibone Heary for her self-portrait, titled The In Between, David Darcy for his depiction of 86 year-old Hunter Valley farmer Wendy Bowman, and Sean Hutton for his portrait of installation artist Tamara Dean.

For more information on the Prize and to see all the finalists' portraits visit portrait.gov.au

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