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Francis (Pat) Quinn
Biography
Francis (Pat) Quinn (1914–2010), showman and hypnotist, was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.
2 portraits in the collection
James Quinn
Biography
James Quinn was born in Melbourne and trained at the NGV School before studying in Paris from the mid-1890s to 1902.
1 portrait in the collection
Brian Cadd
Biography
Brian Cadd (b. 1946), singer/songwriter, had been a member of 1960s Melbourne band The Groop before forming Axiom, the band for which he wrote the hits 'Arkansas Grass' and 'A Little Ray of Sunshine' at the dawn of the 1970s.
1 portrait in the collection
Brian Dunlop
Biography
Brian Dunlop studied at East Sydney Technical College and won the Le Gay Brereton Prize for Drawing while still a student.
7 portraits in the collection
Brian Fitzpatrick
Biography
Brian Fitzpatrick (1905-1965) was educated at state schools in regional Victoria and Melbourne before gaining his BA from Melbourne University in 1925.
1 portrait in the collection
Brian T. Loton AC
Biography
Brian Thorley Loton AC (1929–2022) was chairman of BHP from 1992 to 1997.
2 portraits in the collection
Brian McInerney
Biography
Brian McInerney, professional photographer, was a young assistant photographer at Channel Seven in Sydney in the 1960s.
2 portraits in the collection
Brian Sherman AM
Biography
Brian Sherman AM (1943–2022) was a leading philanthropist, company director and animal rights activist.
2 portraits in the collection
Professor Brian Schmidt AC
Biography
Brian Schmidt AC (b. 1967) is a Nobel Prize-winning astronomer, based at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University.
1 portrait in the collection
Dr Gene Sherman AM
Biography
Dr Gene Sherman AM (b. 1947) is Chairman and Executive Director of Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, a family philanthropic enterprise dedicated to the public exhibition of significant contemporary art from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
3 portraits in the collection
Hayward Veal
Biography
Hayward 'Bill' Veal was born in Eaglemont, Victoria, and studied in Melbourne with AD Colquhoun and Max Meldrum between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four.
1 portrait in the collection
Achille Simonetti
Biography
Achilles Simonetti (1838-1900) was a sculptor. Born in Rome, the son of sculptor Louis Simonetti, he trained as a religious sculptor.
1 portrait in the collection
Melissa Beowulf
Biography
Melissa Beowulf grew up in Sydney, where she became a graphic artist.
2 portraits in the collection
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)
Biography
Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang) (b. 1960), in a Sydney based portrait painter.
2 portraits in the collection
Harold Parker
Biography
Harold Parker (1873-1962), sculptor, came to Brisbane with his English parents as a three-year old.
1 portrait in the collection
Ondine Sherman
Biography
Ondine Sherman (b. 1974), author and animal rights activist, grew up in Sydney and attained her undergraduate degree in communications from University of Technology Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection