Normand Baker

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Self-portrait, 1937

Normand Henry Baker (1908–1955) was an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1937 with a self-portrait. [1]

Archibald Prize portraiture prize

The Archibald Prize was the first major prize for portraiture in Australian art. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919. It is now administered by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and awarded for "the best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics, painted by an artist resident in Australia during the twelve months preceding the date fixed by the trustees for sending in the pictures." The Archibald Prize has been awarded annually since 1921 and since July 2015 the prize has been AU$100,000.

He was born in the suburb of Summer Hill in Sydney on 9 July 1908. He won the Archibald Prize when he was 29, which made him the youngest ever winner of the prize. He painted portraits, many of them self-portraits, as well as scenes of circuses and markets. [2] He was also an Archibald Prize Finalist in 1946, again with a self-portrait. [3]

Summer Hill, New South Wales Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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References

  1. ↑ Archibald Prize Winner for 1937, Art Gallery of NSW
  2. ↑ Normand Baker - Morning in the markets (1932), Art Gallery of NSW
  3. ↑ Archibald Prize Finalists for 1946, Art Gallery of NSW
Awards
Preceded by
W B McInnes 		Archibald Prize
1937
for Self Portrait		 Succeeded by
Nora Heysen



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