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Les Darcy
Biography
Les Darcy (1895-1917), boxer, was one of Australia's earliest sporting heroes.
3 portraits in the collection
Wendy Bowman, 2019
David Darcy
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Ahn & Pete, The Bus Stop Project, 2012
by Simone Darcy
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Levi Miller on the set of "Red Dog: True Blue", 2015
by David Darcy
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People's Choice Award announcement
General content
We are delighted to announce the winner of the $10,000 People's Choice Award for the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize is David Darcy for his painting of farmer and environmentalist Wendy Bowman.
David, 2016
by David Darcy
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Three lemons for Simon
David Darcy
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Yarnangu
David Darcy
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Les Darcy, c. 1916
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010
Les Darcy, c. 1917
Cameron Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Les Darcy, Australian Middleweight Boxer, c. 1910
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Transition, 2009
by Harry Scott
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Darling Portrait Prize 2020
Previous exhibition, 2020
The Darling Prize is a new biennial prize for Australian portrait painters, painting Australian sitters. The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.
The People’s Choice Awards
16 June 2020
Archived media releases 2020
The votes have been counted, and the winners of the National Portrait Gallery’s People’s Choice Awards for the Prize exhibitions are...
American dream leads to tragic end
Devotion
Young love lost, treasured
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2016
Previous exhibition, 2016
The National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.