We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands.

Rosemary Valadon Power, knowledge, passion – portrait of Blanche D’Alpuget

oil on canvas

3 panels: 183 x 183 cm (overall)

The subject of this portrait by Rosemary Valendon is award-winning writer Blanche D’Alpuget (born 1944) who, in 1995, married former Australian prime minister Robert (Bob) Hawke – the subject of her acclaimed 1982 biography.