Nora Heysen<br/>
<em>London breakfast</em> 1935<br/>
oil on canvas<br/>
47.0 x 53.5 cm <br/>
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra<br/>
Purchased 1996 (96.1046)<br/>
© Lou Klepac<br/>

Reading: Nora Heysen – A Portrait

Sun 10 Mar 19, 12pm–12.30pm

Nora Heysen<br/> <em>London breakfast</em> 1935<br/> oil on canvas<br/> 47.0 x 53.5 cm <br/> National Gallery of Australia, Canberra<br/> Purchased 1996 (96.1046)<br/> © Lou Klepac<br/>
Past program

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square

Exhibition space
Ground Level

Surrounded by Nora Heysen’s works, hear an excerpt of Anne-Louise Willoughby’s authorised biography, Nora Heysen – A Portrait, read by the author.

Speaker

Anne-Louise Willoughby is a writer with thirty-five years’ experience as a journalist and communications specialist in print and television, in the corporate sector and in publishing academic journals. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Western Australia where she also teaches in the university’s Creative Writing program. Anne-Louise has a particular interest in memoir and biography. She is the author of Nora Heysen – A Portrait, published in 2019.

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