Normand Baker

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Normand Henry Baker (1908–1955) was an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1937 with a self-portrait.[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1937/ Archibald Prize Winner for 1937], Art Gallery of NSW

He was born in the suburb of Summer Hill in Sydney on 9 July 1908. He won the Archibald Prize when he was 29, which made him the youngest ever winner of the prize. He painted portraits, many of them self-portraits, as well as scenes of circuses and markets.[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/605/ Normand Baker - Morning in the markets (1932)], Art Gallery of NSW He was also an Archibald Prize Finalist in 1946, again with a self-portrait.[https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1946/ Archibald Prize Finalists for 1946], Art Gallery of NSW