Nicholas Harding

Australian artist Nicholas Harding, the winner of both the Archibald and Wynn Prizes, died of cancer at his home in Sydney, at the age of 66, according to the Olsen Gallery. Harding was previously diagnosed in October 2017 with tongue cancer, ...

The image itself is a composite of different “small, dwindling pockets amongst suburban developments” that Harding observed, demonstrating his “distinctly [Australian sense of place](https://www.shervingallery.com.au/event/nicholas-harding-drawn-to-paint/), from its sun drenched beaches and industrial settings to its spectacular flora.” His style was also explored in “Drawn to Paint,” a major retrospective of his work spanning 25 years of his practice from 1984 to 2009 at the National Trust SH Ervin Gallery in 2010. [2001](https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2001/16347/) for his portrait of stage actor John Bell as King Lear. From 1994 onward, he became a regular finalist at the Wynn, Archibald, Dobell, and Sulman prizes, some of Australia’s most important art prizes administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. In 2011, his portrait of actor Hugo Weaving, Hugo at Home, was a finalist at the Archibald Prize and was acquired by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Canberra. In 1977, after traveling through Europe and the United Kingdom, he trained as an animator at the Australian branch of Hanna Barbera, an American cartoon company. Harding was previously diagnosed in October 2017 with tongue cancer, for which he received treatment and was deemed cancer-free.