Portrait of Heath Ledger wins Australian art award, 1st Ld-Writethru
(AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh,File) :: In this Monday, Nov. 6, 2006 file picture, actor Heath Ledger arrives to the premiere of his new film "Candy" in New York. A portrait of Hollywood star Heath Ledger painted weeks before his death has won an Australian art award. On Thursday may 8, 2008 it was awarded a secondary prize by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in its annual national portrait competition.
Updated: 5/8/2008
A portrait of Hollywood star Heath Ledger painted weeks before his death has won an Australian art award.
The painting features a bare-chested Ledger staring from the canvas as two images of the actor whisper into his ears.
On Thursday, it was awarded a secondary prize by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in its annual national portrait competition. Sydney artist Del Kathryn Barton won first prize with her self-portrait.
''Heath'' by Vincent Fantauzzo was the popular choice among the 32,000 who saw the exhibition.
Ledger died of an accidental prescription drug overdose in January. He was 28.
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