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An image of Laurie Thomas by Ivor Hele

Ivor Hele

(Australia 13 Jun 1912–01 Dec 1993)

Title
Laurie Thomas
Other titles:
Mr Laurence Thomas
Year
1951
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions

91.5 x 61.0cm board; 119.0 x 87.5 x 5.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r. corner, red oil "HELE/ 51".
Credit
Purchased 1951
Accession number
8596
Copyright
© AGNSW
Location
Not on display
Further information

The subject of Ivor Hele's 1951 Archibald winning picture, Laurie Thomas, was an art critic, gallery director, journalist and editor.

Bibliography (6)

Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 2005, 42 (colour illus.), 43, 139 (colour illus.).

Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 1999, 44 (colour illus.), 129 (colour illus.).

Susan Hunt (Author), The Archibald Prize 1921-1993, Sydney, 1993, 17 (colour illus.).

'The Archibald Prize' by Anna Waldmann, pg. 213-236., Art and Australia (Vol. 20, No. 2) Summer 1982, Summer 1982, 224 (colour illus.).

Mervyn Horton (Australia, b.1917, d.1983) (Editor), Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981, Sydney, 1981, 224 (colour illus.).

Herbert Badham (Australia, b.1899, d.1961) (Author), A gallery of Australian art, Sydney, 1954, xii, (illus.). plate no. 52

Exhibition history (2)

Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1951), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Jan 1952–24 Feb 1952.

The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games (1956), National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 18 Nov 1956–15 Dec 1956.