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Les Darcy

Les Darcy

Biography

Les Darcy (1895-1917), boxer, was one of Australia's earliest sporting heroes.

3 portraits in the collection
Les Darcy
Les Darcy
Les Darcy

Les Darcy, c. 1916

an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Les Darcy, Australian Middleweight Boxer
Les Darcy, Australian Middleweight Boxer
Les Darcy, Australian Middleweight Boxer

Les Darcy, Australian Middleweight Boxer, c. 1910

an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Wendy Bowman, 2019 David Darcy

Wendy Bowman, 2019

David Darcy
Image
Ahn & Pete, The Bus Stop Project, 2012 by Simone Darcy

Ahn & Pete, The Bus Stop Project, 2012

by Simone Darcy
Image
Levi Miller on the set of "Red Dog: True Blue", 2015 by David Darcy

Levi Miller on the set of "Red Dog: True Blue", 2015

by David Darcy
Image
Levi Miller on the set of "Red Dog: True Blue", 2015 by David Darcy

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

David, 2016

by David Darcy
Image
Three lemons for Simon, 2022 David Darcy

Three lemons for Simon

David Darcy
Image
Yarnangu, 2023 David Darcy

Yarnangu

David Darcy
Image
Les Darcy
Les Darcy
Les Darcy

Les Darcy, c. 1917

Cameron Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Transition, 2009 by Harry Scott

Transition, 2009

by Harry Scott
Image
Elizabeth

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.
Wendy Bowman, 2019 David Darcy

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...
Life Dancers, 2015 by Elizabeth Looker

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.
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith

The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith, 1973

Eric Smith
Portrait, oil on canvas laid down on masonite

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Eric Smith 2019

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