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Eric Smith (b.1919)
[Portrait of Richard Hall] 1983
oil on canvas; 159.0 x 120.0 cm
Pictures Collection,
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Courtesy of Eric Smith

Eric Smith has been five times winner of the Blake Prize for religious art (1956,1958, 1959, 1962 andl969); he won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting in 1972 and 1974, the Archibald Prize for portraiture in 1981 and 1982 and the Sulman Prize in 2003. In this work, Smith has painted a direct and assured portrait of his friend, Australian author and journalist, Richard Hall (1937-2003). During the late 1960s to mid-1970s, Hall worked for Gough Whitlam as his private secretary and for Gordon Bryant and Kep Enderby as ministerial assistant. The Library holds some of Hall’s papers and an interview with him was conducted in 1991 for the Oral History and Folklore Collection.

 

September 2003 Volume XIII Number 12

I DO NOT EXPECT TO BE LONELY: JOHN BECHERVAISE ON HEARD ISLAND

Bernadette Hince sheds light on the history of Heard Island and describes one visitor’s particular experience

LEGAL DEPOSIT, SOCIAL HISTORY AND AUSTRALIAN CRIME FICTION

Gwenda Beed Davey helps to elucidate the mystery of 'legal deposit' while investigating the importance of crime fiction as a fascinating source of social history

THE EXILE AND SELF-DISCOVERY OF DAISY

Marc Serge Riviere uncovers the enduring truths contained in the diary of a young Australian schoolgirl in France during the 1880s

TWO COLONIALS IN LONDON'S BOHEMIA: ROSA PRAED AND MORTIMER MENPES

Patricia Clarke explores the lives of two remarkable Australian artists living in London in the late nineteenth century

THE BLAKE PRIZE: PASSION AS WELL AS ART

Judy Cannon describes the history and evolution of the Blake Prize

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