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FOR PRESS PM. No. 60/ 1970.
HAROLD HOLT PORTRAIT FOR KING'S HALL
The Prime Minister, as Chairman of the
Historic Memorials Committee, announced today that, on the advice
of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board, the Committee had accepted
a portrait of the former Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt.
The portrait will hang in King's Hall at Parliament
House, Canberra. It was the work of the Sydney artist, Mr W. E.
Pidgeon, who had to do the painting from photographs and films of the
late Prime Minister. Mr Holt had not sat for his official portrait at
the time of his death in 1967.
CANBERRA, 22 May 1970
BacLkground Njotes
The Historic Memorials Committee comprises
Mr J. G. Gorton, Prime Minister ( Chairman)
Sir Alister McMullin, President of the Senate
Sir William Aston, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Mr A. S. Hulme, Vice-President of the Executive Council
Mr E. G. Whitlam, Leader of the Opposition
Senator Lionel Murphy, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
The Art Advisory Board comprises:
Mr W. A. Dargie ( Chairman)
Sir Daryl Lindsay
Mr Robert Campbell
Mr Douglas Pratt
Sir Russell Drysdale.
Bi -o graphical Notes about the artist
Mr Pidgeon won the Archibald Prize in 1958 and 1961 and has
painted portraits of a number of prominent people including Sir William
Aston, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Gorton, John
Period of Service: 10/01/1968 - 10/03/1971
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Release Date:
22/05/1970
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