Esther Erlich (born 1955) is a

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-based Australian artist who has been exhibiting since 1985. She won the 1998

Doug Moran National Portrait Prize The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize is an annual Australian portrait prize founded by Doug Moran in 1988, the year of Australia's Bicentenary. It is the richest portrait prize in the world with A$150,000 awarded to the winner. The prize is a ...

with her painting, "Gaunt and Glorious" a portrait of

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. In 2000 Esther won the Archibald People's Choice Award with her painting of Bill Leak. Her works can be found in the collections of the

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, the National Portrait Gallery, ALP Building Canberra, Council for Adult Education Victoria,

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Australian Collection, Performing Arts Museum Victoria.

References

*''Let's Face It - The History of the Archibald Prize'' by Peter Ross *''AGNSW Gallery'' (Dec 2000 - Jan 2001 edition),

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publication *The

's 38th Annual Report 1997-1998 *''Who's Who of Australian Visual Artists'' by D.W. Thorpe (Nov 1995) *''Australian Artist'' (Dec 1991) *Portraits of Australia 1990 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Collection

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* Australian women painters Living people 21st-century Australian women artists 21st-century Australian artists Artists from Melbourne Doug Moran National Portrait Prize winners Archibald Prize People's Choice Award winners 1955 births People educated at Mac.Robertson Girls' High School {{australia-painter-stub