Nigel Thomson
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Nigel Thomson (1945–1999), Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize twice. Known for satirical paintings of Australian society.
He won the Archibald with Chandler Coventry in 1983, and Barbara Blackman in 1997. Thomson's painting of Patrick White's long-term partner, Manoly Lascaris was rejected from the 1995 Archibald and hung in the Salon des Refuses.
He won the Sulman Prize in 1983 with Marat, The Unsophisticated will be Shocked by the Depiction of your Death: or, the Artist Answers His Critics. This painting was based on Jacques Louis David's famous painting Death of Marat showing Jean-Paul Marat dead in a bathtub.
He jointly won the Sulman prize in 1986 along with Wendy Sharpe, for The State Institution
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| Preceded by Eric Smith |
Archibald Prize 1983 for Chandler Coventry |
Succeeded by Keith Looby |
| Preceded by Wendy Sharpe |
Archibald Prize 1997 for Barbara Blackman |
Succeeded by Lewis Miller |
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