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The Reflecting Eye

Portraits of Australian Visual Artists

Touring exhibition
William Barak at work on the drawing ‘Ceremony’ at Coranderrk
William Barak at work on the drawing ‘Ceremony’ at Coranderrk, 1902 Johannes Heyer

As the first National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition, The reflecting eye: portraits of Australian visual artists represents an important milestone in the history of Australia's National Portrait Gallery. Guest curator Helen Ennis has assembled a lively exhibition of portraits of painters, printmakers and photographers from the turn of the century to the 1990s.

William Dobell
William Dobell, 1942 Max Dupain OBE
The Reflecting Eye tour dates
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery

Tuesday 4th June until Sunday 30th June 1996

New England Regional Art Museum

Friday 5th September until Sunday 12th October 1997

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