02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #139

Nicholas Harding (b. 1956)
Beach Life (goggles and thong)
Etching and aquatint on paper
71 x 50 cm
Private collection

Nicholas Harding (b. 1956) is a highly regarded British-Australian artist known for his large scale painted portraits and pen and ink drawings. Harding came to Australia from England as a six-year-old. After studying for a BA he worked for twenty-two years as a freelance animator. Meanwhile, he was first exhibited in the Sulman Prize in 1980. He showed for the first time in 1992, and has exhibited almost every year since. Harding became known early on for huge pen and ink depictions of the railway tracks and shabby streets of inner Sydney, and the scrubby trees of the beaches of the north coast of New South Wales. His lush paintings on the same themes, as well as flowers, beach and river scenes and caravan parks are now in high demand from collectors. Since 1994 he has been a regular exhibitor in the Archibald, Wynn, Dobell, and Sulman prizes. In 2001, the first of several triumphant years, Harding won the Dobell Drawing Prize as well as the Archibald. Harding was the most-represented artist in the National Portrait Gallery exhibition Idle hours in 2009-2010. More on Nicholas Harding 

Nicholas Harding (b. 1956)
Beach Life (Flag and Figure)
Oil on canvas
70 x 71.5 cm
Private collection



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