Kevin Connor (artist)

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Kevin Connor (born 1932, Sydney), Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize twice; in 1975 for The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE, and in 1977 for Robert Klippel. He won the Sulman Prize in 1991/92 with Najaf (Iraq) June 1991 and again in 1997 with The Man with itchy fingers and other figures Gare du Nord. [1]

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He won a Harkness Fellowship for 21 months in the United States in 1966. [2] He won the inaugural Dobell Prize in 1992 with Pyrmont and the city, and also won it in 2005 with Le Grand Palais, Clémenceau, de Gaulle and me. [3] He was a finalist in the 1994 Archibald Prize and also in the 2010 Archibald Prize.

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A portrait of Kevin Connor by Danelle Bergstrom was exhibited in the Archibald Prize in 2006

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Awards
Preceded by Archibald Prize
1975
for The Hon. Sir Frank Kitto, K.B.E.
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archibald Prize
1977
for Robert Klippel
Succeeded by