Nicholas William Draffin b. 25 October 1943

  • Curator ,
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
Nicholas Draffin, who started his career as Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Victoria, was the first Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He was also an artist, painting meticulous icons in the Orthodox tradition and also Easter eggs
Tags: Prints and drawings, Icons, Easter Eggs
curator of
Hilda Rix Nicholas Project 26, AGNSW
Date
August 1978
Type
Exhibition
curator of
Project 17: Napier Waller 1893-1972
Date
1977
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

The first scholarly exhibition on this very Melbourne artist was held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales as a project exhibition. The curator was Nicholas Draffin, then Curator of Prints and Drawings at the AGNSW.
The exhibition was funded by the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council as a part of their general funding of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ project exhibitions.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Funded by the Visual Arts Board, Mosaic, Stained glass, Mural, Public Art
Note
with Frances Lindsay
curator of
Robert Klippel: drawings 1947-1975
Date
1975
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

79 drawings from the 1940s to the present (being the artist’s gift to the AGNSW

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW annual report and archive index cards

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Drawing
curator of
Two Masters of the Weimar Bauhaus: Lyonel Feininger, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack
Date
1974
Type
Exhibition