Harold Thomas
 Harold Thomas "Sunset" Cat No. 10342 Size = 90 x 90 cm. Acrylic on canvas |
 Harold Thomas "Red Lillies" Cat No. 10327 Size = 90 x 90 cm. Acrylic on canvas |
 Harold Thomas "Dancing Brolgas" Cat No. 10114 Size = 60 x 90 cm. Acrylic on canvas |
 Harold Thomas "Red Lillies" Cat No. 10113 Size = 61 x 91 cm. Acrylic on canvas |
 Harold Thomas "Red Lillies" Cat No. 7747 Size = 89 x 127 cm. Acrylic on canvas |
 Harold Thomas "Paper Bark Swamp" Cat No. 7759 Size = 104 x 173 cm. Acrylic on canvas |
 Harold Thomas "Brolgas" Cat No. 9081 Size = 98 x 136 cm. Acrylic on canvas |
 Harold Thomas "Creation" Cat No. 8152 Size = 130 x 153 cm. Acrylic on linen |
 Harold Thomas "Red Lilies" Cat No. 9832 Size = 142 x 168 cm. Acrylic on canvas |
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Born: Region: Community Centre: Language Bloc: Language: |
1947 Alice Springs, Western Desert Darwin Western Desert Luritja, Wombaya, |
Medium/ Form:
Water colors on arches paper, Acrylic on canvas
Designs:
The National Aboriginal flag. (Harold owns the copyright).
Awards:
1984, Third Prize, Inaugural National Aboriginal Art Award, Northern Territory
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin
Commissions:
1992, Portraits of Parliamentarians, Darwin NT
Collections held:
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
Northern Territory Chief Ministers Department.
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Exhibitions:
1968, Adelaide, solo exhibition, opened by Don Dunstan, SA
1977, Arnhemland Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin, NT
1978, Heritage Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin, NT
1985, Esplanade Gallery, Darwin, NT
1986, The Parap Gallery, Darwin, NT
1986, Raintree Gallery, Darwin, NT
1987, Birukmarri Gallery, Fremantle, WA
1987, Esplanade Gallery, Darwin, NT
1988, The Showcase Gallery, Darwin, NT
1988, Caz Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1989, Masterworks Exhibition, Raintree Gallery, Darwin, NT
Group Exhibitions:
1984, The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery
of NT, Darwin
1985, The Second National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery
of the NT, Darwin
1990, Balance 1990: views, visions, influences, QAG, Brisbane.
1993, The Tenth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery
of the NT, Darwin
Select Bibliography
ATSIC News Spring 1991.
West, M., 1984, 'The first national Aboriginal art Award', in Australian Aboriginal
Studies, Journal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Studies, 1984, No. 1.
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Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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