Portrait of Dame Mary Gilmore

Australia, 1957

Film
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Episode of Series “The Australian eye I”.
The film is built around recording of the voices of William Dobell, Dame Mary Gilmore, and James Gleeson. It evokes very strongly and personally the way in which a portrait painter approaches his subject.

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Credits

producer

Malcolm Otton

production company

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Film Australia

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1957

Appears in

The Australian eye I

Group of items

The Australian eye I

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

008573

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Dobell, William, Sir, 1899-1970

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Portrait painting

Crafts & Visual Arts → Portraits

People → Dobell, William, Sir, 1899-1970

People → Gilmore, Mary Cameron, Dame, 1865-1962

People → Portraits

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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