Normand Baker
(Australia 09 Jul 1908–24 May 1955)
- Title
- Self portrait
- Place of origin
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Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
- Year
- (1937)
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 101.6 x 76.2cm stretcher; 124.4 x 99.0 x 10.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed l.l. corner, brown oil "N H BAKER". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs Millicent Pearl Baker 1956
- Accession number
- 9187
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Normand H. Baker, at twenty-nine years old, was the youngest artist to win the Archibald Prize in 1937 and, although relatively unknown, the Gallery had already purchased two of his earlier works. Coverage in the daily papers centred on the fact that Baker was the son of a confectioner and worked as a commercial artist. The winning painting was donated to the Gallery by the artist's mother, Millicent Pearl Baker in 1956.
Peter Ross, 'Let's Face It: The history of the Archibald Prize' 2005, pg. 136.
- Bibliography (8)
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Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize (2005), Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize (1999), Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The Archibald Prize 1921-1993 (1993), Susan Hunt (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Art and Australia (Vol. 20, No. 2) (Summer 1982), Mervyn Horton (Australia, b.1917, d.1983) (Editor), Fine Arts Press Pty Limited (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981 (1981), Mervyn Horton (Australia, b.1917, d.1983) (Editor), Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1956 National Art Gallery of N.S.W. (1956), National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Art in Australia [series 3, no. 70] (Mar 1938), Editor Unknown (Editor), Publisher unknown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The Sydney morning herald (25 Feb 1938), Editor Unknown (Editor), John Fairfax & Sons (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Exhibition history (1)
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Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1937), (25 Feb 1938–Mar 1938), at Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Art Gallery Rd Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000.