Portrait of Dr Robert Black, ca. 1950s [picture] / Nora Heysen
- Bib ID:
- 4808449
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Heysen, Nora, 1911-2003
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 195-?
- 1 painting : oil on canvas ; 40.9 x 30.6 cm.
- Summary:
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Dr Robert Black (1917-1988) was an eminent bacteriologist whose early studies focused on the malaria parasite. Black's experience in many areas, including New Guinea and South-East Asia convinced him that the narrow control strategies in place were inadequate, and he was a strong supporter of ecologically based control and study. He was recognised as an expert on malaria, and served on the World Health Organisation advisory panel on malaria from 1955. During his war service in New Guinea Black met the artist Nora Heysen, and they married in 1953. In 1986 Black was awarded the Darling Foundation prize and medal for his research into malaria by the World Health Organisation.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer from acquisitions documentation.
- Inscriptions: "Nora Heysen"--Bottom left of image.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138026397
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by the Estate of Nora Heysen, 2010.
- Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2073 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2003
- Published status:
- Unpublished
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